[ There's been enough time now that he's been in these in-between universes, far from home, that the sting of what happened has had time to subside. The ache is still there, the guilt for not being there to save them, for not having the strength to do anything more.
But that sort of wallowing self-pity rarely did anyone any good. It's far easier to focus on someone else, to offer them aid instead. ]
Maybe they wouldn't have chosen to change. I think some of them were fine with the choices they made, and they would have lived and died by them no matter what. But I'm tired of fighting. Tired of all the hurt and the anger. It's not easy to put it all down, but...I've had help.
[ The corner of his mouth curls upwards ever so slightly. ]
Sometimes, someone standing by your side's all you need to find your feet again.
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Yeah. Me too.
[ There's been enough time now that he's been in these in-between universes, far from home, that the sting of what happened has had time to subside. The ache is still there, the guilt for not being there to save them, for not having the strength to do anything more.
But that sort of wallowing self-pity rarely did anyone any good. It's far easier to focus on someone else, to offer them aid instead. ]
Maybe they wouldn't have chosen to change. I think some of them were fine with the choices they made, and they would have lived and died by them no matter what. But I'm tired of fighting. Tired of all the hurt and the anger. It's not easy to put it all down, but...I've had help.
[ The corner of his mouth curls upwards ever so slightly. ]
Sometimes, someone standing by your side's all you need to find your feet again.