It's long either way. We either are invited to a public laundry-airing of the psyche or a duel to the death. You would think one would be shorter than the other.
[ he looks down. ]
Suppose I didn't make ours any shorter.
[ in any case, he drinks. ] How are your injuries?
[ he just meanders to the couch with his gun-turned-crutch and flops down quietly. ]
Some aspects of it are yours in the end, you go out the way you want, in a way you wish to be understood, even if it is just by the other party.
[ he rubs his face with one hand. ] I'm... glad Clarte made it out. I was worried for a moment towards the end... [ YOUR SENSE OF SELF PRESERVATION IS BAD, CLARTE, IT GIVES PERCY ANXIETY ] After everything that'd happened when we were gone from here, I've grown fond. [ even if they are. such a creature. sometimes. sighs. ]
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percy is just here pouring a bottle of wine into a glass and staring at it. ]
If I see another butterfly again, it's going to be too soon.
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[he just. sighs, head in his hands.]
If they could not try to end it swiftly--
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[ he looks down. ]
Suppose I didn't make ours any shorter.
[ in any case, he drinks. ] How are your injuries?
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[he's being polite and not agreeing with percy about that duel, because he's still annoyed with vax for not ending it sooner.]
...neither way is ideal, but I do think this one may be preferable.
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The latter hurts to watch, but the former leaves everyone helpless. I suppose there's a sense of "on one's own terms" with combat.
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[ he just meanders to the couch with his gun-turned-crutch and flops down quietly. ]
Some aspects of it are yours in the end, you go out the way you want, in a way you wish to be understood, even if it is just by the other party.
[ he rubs his face with one hand. ] I'm... glad Clarte made it out. I was worried for a moment towards the end... [ YOUR SENSE OF SELF PRESERVATION IS BAD, CLARTE, IT GIVES PERCY ANXIETY ] After everything that'd happened when we were gone from here, I've grown fond. [ even if they are. such a creature. sometimes. sighs. ]