I will fight the end
"I really didn't," he said, the truth of the words hanging between them. But there was truth in his silence, too, in what he didn't say: I wanted it to be. But she was right, and it was a future that could no longer be, a madness he would regrettably have to leave at the door. Although here and now, in the space of a conversation Ronin had never expected to have, he did not feel quite so certain in his conviction that he would have nothing more to do with the lady of the stars either.
There were things he didn't understand, even now; forces at play that he couldn't possibly fathom. Remi's current situation with Ludo said as much. Volcanos erupted, the Ascended roamed the world opening portals, mud monsters attacked festivals and killed children. "I think," he said slowly, "that it would be very naive of me, to step away from you now. Things are not always so black and white, are they?"
There were things he didn't understand, even now; forces at play that he couldn't possibly fathom. Remi's current situation with Ludo said as much. Volcanos erupted, the Ascended roamed the world opening portals, mud monsters attacked festivals and killed children. "I think," he said slowly, "that it would be very naive of me, to step away from you now. Things are not always so black and white, are they?"
'til the end is here
