subcircuits: (i have stared into an abyss)
Devero (EMID 771-Prosp0202-00745) ([personal profile] subcircuits) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere 2021-04-25 02:08 am (UTC)

It's because you care so much. He doesn't respond to that in the moment, but it's going to stick with him.

Here in the moment, he purses his lips. "Revenge just leads to more blood shed," he murmurs-- ironically, standing as he is on a churned battlefield of spilled blood. He shakes his head. "Revenge doesn't bring the dead back; it doesn't change anything. It's--"

What it is is deeply alarming to him that he had turned so violent, so bloodthirsty in the grip of the evil trick. Was that really his most base instinct? Was-- was there really a killer that vengeful inside him?

Something else that's going to stick with him.

For now, though, he nods. "True. As long as we're in this together, we help each other." A smile touches his lips. "So again, thank you-- ah." He laughs a little, self-consciously. "I'm sorry, I have no idea who you are other than 'one of us'. I'm Devero."

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