[color=#c14700]Do you think anything you do matters? Everywhere you tread something happens, chaos unfolds whether you intend it or not. Cursed. You are cursed, Hawke. Yes. I killed the hound, but part of you revelled. Don’t deny it, I share your being - I know. You enjoy the kill. The destruction. You never feel more alive than in the heart, the heat of battle, showing them the might of your power. [/color]
[color=#0074d9]“SHUT UP. SHUT. UP.”[/color] Hands reached for her ears, as if the internal battle could be drowned out. Yes. She enjoyed a fight, but killing? Some were black and white, clear, but the others, the grey and later the pure innocent… their blood was on her hands. [color=#0074d9]I did the best I could.[/color] Yet the excuse could never wipe out the guilt, Leaf carried.
[color=#0074d9]I did the best I could. [/color]
It ran as a mantra even if she only believed a portion of it. The continued recital pulled Leaf back up to stand, ever defiant despite the uncontrollable shaking coursing through her.
[color=#0074d9]I did. The best. I could. [/color]
Her vision cleared as the breeze carried along a voice, opening to find her sister. [color=#0074d9]“B-Beth?”[/color] Their gaze met, Leaf’s eyes changed some, mismatched. One blue orb glazed over clear while the other retained its usual azure colour. A voice echoed, though not quite from Leaf’s throat, more a presence of mind reached out to Bethany.
[color=#c14700]What do you say mage? Shall we go a round with your sibling?[/color]
[color=#0074d9]“SHUT UP. SHUT. UP.”[/color] Hands reached for her ears, as if the internal battle could be drowned out. Yes. She enjoyed a fight, but killing? Some were black and white, clear, but the others, the grey and later the pure innocent… their blood was on her hands. [color=#0074d9]I did the best I could.[/color] Yet the excuse could never wipe out the guilt, Leaf carried.
[color=#0074d9]I did the best I could. [/color]
It ran as a mantra even if she only believed a portion of it. The continued recital pulled Leaf back up to stand, ever defiant despite the uncontrollable shaking coursing through her.
[color=#0074d9]I did. The best. I could. [/color]
Her vision cleared as the breeze carried along a voice, opening to find her sister. [color=#0074d9]“B-Beth?”[/color] Their gaze met, Leaf’s eyes changed some, mismatched. One blue orb glazed over clear while the other retained its usual azure colour. A voice echoed, though not quite from Leaf’s throat, more a presence of mind reached out to Bethany.
[color=#c14700]What do you say mage? Shall we go a round with your sibling?[/color]
11-14-2023, 01:27 PM
