DEIMOS
ache first, but then let the cuts close
spit out the blood
spit out the blood
True; it was partially so that he wouldn’t have to hear the assurances over and over again, or so that she’d back away from coming too close to the emotional barriers and walls he’d fortified. Hotaru knew him far better than most, but two breakdowns in a single day wasn’t on his agenda. It would take more time, more thoughts, more ruminations, to force the likelihoods back upon himself, to visualize them as truths rather than some unjust statement not meant for him. When one spent lifetimes presuming they didn’t deserve much of anything, save for backlash on every sin they’d committed, pondering over a change in their circumstances would take more than a few moments. The Sword had years of carefully constructed beliefs in the core of his soul, and not many of them had been good. So he squeezed her fingers back in return, another sigh weighing its way through, as if his lungs had already tried to expel the nuances out. You are worth every bit of effort; and if they echoed and reverberated back enough times, maybe he’d understand it.
The Valkyrie’s claim of the Old Gods’ side didn’t surprise him – despite their Abandoned natures, they’d at least come to comprehend what the Voice was. The how and why and when and where notched in between scarcely mattered now, but it was coming, and they had no ability to stop it. But the General wanted these notions to be his choices, and naught forced upon him in seasons to come.
“Now, that is not true,” and he grinned. The wealth of powers at his disposal, mastered, controlled, and damaging, had come after practice, strength, might, and menace. “But there are advantages to attuning,” and he pulled her back slightly, so that she might see the top of his head, where the tiger ears instantly appeared; swiveling back and forth.
The Valkyrie’s claim of the Old Gods’ side didn’t surprise him – despite their Abandoned natures, they’d at least come to comprehend what the Voice was. The how and why and when and where notched in between scarcely mattered now, but it was coming, and they had no ability to stop it. But the General wanted these notions to be his choices, and naught forced upon him in seasons to come.
“Now, that is not true,” and he grinned. The wealth of powers at his disposal, mastered, controlled, and damaging, had come after practice, strength, might, and menace. “But there are advantages to attuning,” and he pulled her back slightly, so that she might see the top of his head, where the tiger ears instantly appeared; swiveling back and forth.
watch your body pull itself back together
then let your soul do the same
then let your soul do the same
