[ normally, roland would rebuke him for making such a promise. vergilius shouldn't need to assure him that he'll end iori's life with his own hands, and roland would like to think that he has nothing to do with his enmity with the purple tear. but now he does, because of tomerry and the library and -- ]

Mm. I know you will.

[ if it ever comes down to an actual fight between them down the line, so be it.

roland closes his eyes, mutters the poem under his breath, and opens them again. ]

...Okay. We still have to get out of here though, and apparently it has something to do with these. [ holds up angelica's gloves. ] You already know the story behind mine, so now it's your turn.

[ not his fault he has to pry vergilius's wounds open once again. not like they both have a choice at the moment. in the end, they never had the privilege to choose in the first place. ]

Those kids... Who are they, exactly?