[ ... only for it to be replaced with a sharp look of bitterness once he looks ahead.
of course they're not back. they never will be. vergilius, despite his gruffness, has always had a bleeding heart - a rare one to have in the City that's out to make them suffer in all the new and unique ways. roland has never forgotten vergilius's dream, after all, and at first he couldn't believe it's possible.
but is this city actually going to the utopia vergilius has always dreamed of? roland doubts it. apparently if you take away the aspects that makes the City the City, all you get is utter nothingness. at the same time time, if roland acknowledges that he'd rather prefer the chaos their City provides rather than the one they're currently in...
no, he can't give in to that line of thought. not now. and besides, it isn't like roland is left with completely nothing.
O sorrow, I have ended, you see, by respecting you, because I am certain you will never leave me.
at the very least, he has that - together with the unending rage and resentment whirling in his pitch-black heart - going for him. ]
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of course they're not back. they never will be. vergilius, despite his gruffness, has always had a bleeding heart - a rare one to have in the City that's out to make them suffer in all the new and unique ways. roland has never forgotten vergilius's dream, after all, and at first he couldn't believe it's possible.
but is this city actually going to the utopia vergilius has always dreamed of? roland doubts it. apparently if you take away the aspects that makes the City the City, all you get is utter nothingness. at the same time time, if roland acknowledges that he'd rather prefer the chaos their City provides rather than the one they're currently in...
no, he can't give in to that line of thought. not now. and besides, it isn't like roland is left with completely nothing.
O sorrow, I have ended, you see, by respecting you,
because I am certain you will never leave me.
at the very least, he has that - together with the unending rage and resentment whirling in his pitch-black heart - going for him. ]