They don't have a reason to turn against each other. [just as an aside, but...] They're people who have wishes, too. But they aren't interested in using us to get those wishes. I wan to continue believing that of them. But it doesn't make it any less hard to know that they may have answers they can't tell us and we have to find them ourselves.
[boy she already has her protag to look after, she has practice.]
We all slept through everything that night. There were people both in the theater and in the church when Aventurine and Death were found. [...] We can't blame ourselves for things out of our control. But I think it's okay to be upset about it as long as that anger doesn't drive you. You know?
[don't hold onto it for too long, but it's fine for now, she means.]
[she seems a little relieved to hear that, for some reason.]
Good. We aren't going to lose anyone else, or let anyone lose themselves. So...if you need to be angry, talk to someone. [her arms shift a little in her lap, and the tattoo on her arm flashes with the word loss still resting under her bracelets.] It probably doesn't feel like it right now, but it'll get better.
[the guilt, the anger, all of that. it'll settle, even if it doesn't completely disappear.]
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They don't have a reason to turn against each other. [just as an aside, but...] They're people who have wishes, too. But they aren't interested in using us to get those wishes. I wan to continue believing that of them. But it doesn't make it any less hard to know that they may have answers they can't tell us and we have to find them ourselves.
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Maybe I'm ticked off about a lot of things. Boothill and Aventurine were in the barn at one point. I slept straight through it.
[ why does life slumber? ]
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We all slept through everything that night. There were people both in the theater and in the church when Aventurine and Death were found. [...] We can't blame ourselves for things out of our control. But I think it's okay to be upset about it as long as that anger doesn't drive you. You know?
[don't hold onto it for too long, but it's fine for now, she means.]
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at length, a sigh, and after, ]
I won't. I don't want to lose myself.
[ if he shuts his eyes, he sees boothill. ]
Thanks, Aerith. That's a good reminder.
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Good. We aren't going to lose anyone else, or let anyone lose themselves. So...if you need to be angry, talk to someone. [her arms shift a little in her lap, and the tattoo on her arm flashes with the word loss still resting under her bracelets.] It probably doesn't feel like it right now, but it'll get better.
[the guilt, the anger, all of that. it'll settle, even if it doesn't completely disappear.]