[ it is unsettling how much of what he asks rings familiar. how effortlessly those words drag up flashes of images from the depths; fire that follows impossibly large wings, biting cold ice, the roar of dragons as their home all but crumbles around them, black feathers and the crow of ravens. ]
If they wanted too, I suppose. [ draped over Trinket her grip on him tightens as his eyes slide closed, sparing him from the pained expression that finds Vex's face mere second later. ] I'm not saying don't feel guilty, I'm saying─ [ she exhales heavily, her own eyes sliding closed. ] You can't hold onto it and let it fester forever.
[ her chest aches, that empty space where Vax should sit all but crying out for her twin. ]
I have a brother, a twin brother. In our past life he gave himself over to a god because of me, he gave his life to a god to save me. [ Vex's grip tightens more and she trembles softly. ] All because I was too blind to realize the treasure we were looking for was obviously trapped. And because of that one decision I lost him forever. At the end of everything she took him from me.
[ had she not died that day, had she not fallen from that trap. would Vax have been able to live out the rest of his days with them? with Keyleth? would he have met the family that she and Percy made together? ]
It was my fault, in the end, and if I held onto that guilt forever I never would have lived my life to it's fullest. I never would have made a family with the man that I loved. It would have consumed me.
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If they wanted too, I suppose. [ draped over Trinket her grip on him tightens as his eyes slide closed, sparing him from the pained expression that finds Vex's face mere second later. ] I'm not saying don't feel guilty, I'm saying─ [ she exhales heavily, her own eyes sliding closed. ] You can't hold onto it and let it fester forever.
[ her chest aches, that empty space where Vax should sit all but crying out for her twin. ]
I have a brother, a twin brother. In our past life he gave himself over to a god because of me, he gave his life to a god to save me. [ Vex's grip tightens more and she trembles softly. ] All because I was too blind to realize the treasure we were looking for was obviously trapped. And because of that one decision I lost him forever. At the end of everything she took him from me.
[ had she not died that day, had she not fallen from that trap. would Vax have been able to live out the rest of his days with them? with Keyleth? would he have met the family that she and Percy made together? ]
It was my fault, in the end, and if I held onto that guilt forever I never would have lived my life to it's fullest. I never would have made a family with the man that I loved. It would have consumed me.