[ because she knows that even if she kills him, he'll come back -- missing something, perhaps even the very memory that sinks guilt into his heart. ever a potent venom if she knew one. her grip tightens and she steps more into his space. ]
Remorse bleeds from thee. Atonement is not beyond thy reach -- one may not feel they deserve a second chance, but that is not thine to decide. Nor is it mine.
[ of course not. would that she could, because he does not seem a bad man to her even now; he hadn't meant to, and he had wallowed in self-loathing since. his atonement being death? she'd seen all kinds of cowards 'til now, though they clung to life desperately before her lance had sundered their skulls. ]
Her child would be the one to decide such a fate, if any. Though I suppose it might be difficult to find them if they have gone far... if they should turn up here at all. But it is a decision that thee must respect nonetheless, and adhere to: that is what is "right", Shinjiro. Accept what thou hath been given until that moment, and live until otherwise told. Can thee not?
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[ because she knows that even if she kills him, he'll come back -- missing something, perhaps even the very memory that sinks guilt into his heart. ever a potent venom if she knew one. her grip tightens and she steps more into his space. ]
Remorse bleeds from thee. Atonement is not beyond thy reach -- one may not feel they deserve a second chance, but that is not thine to decide. Nor is it mine.
[ of course not. would that she could, because he does not seem a bad man to her even now; he hadn't meant to, and he had wallowed in self-loathing since. his atonement being death? she'd seen all kinds of cowards 'til now, though they clung to life desperately before her lance had sundered their skulls. ]
Her child would be the one to decide such a fate, if any. Though I suppose it might be difficult to find them if they have gone far... if they should turn up here at all. But it is a decision that thee must respect nonetheless, and adhere to: that is what is "right", Shinjiro. Accept what thou hath been given until that moment, and live until otherwise told. Can thee not?