[ the apology, quiet as it is, catches gabranth off-guard, and he turns to him with eyebrows raised. and then...he snorts. ]
Save your apologies for one who needs them. Were I not prepared to bear such wounds, I would not have resisted as I did.
[ really, he expects rather to be scolded for getting hurt like this. scolded, as if... as if those who knew him best were still here, at his side.
he turns his gaze skyward once more. ]
None of us has the same strength as we did ere our summons to this world. Not you, not I... Not a single one of us. [ not that he’s had a chance to survey every single person here, but— ] Otherwise, I should imagine we would have seen some greater effort at resistance right now... Or rather, we would have seen some success.
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Save your apologies for one who needs them. Were I not prepared to bear such wounds, I would not have resisted as I did.
[ really, he expects rather to be scolded for getting hurt like this. scolded, as if... as if those who knew him best were still here, at his side.
he turns his gaze skyward once more. ]
None of us has the same strength as we did ere our summons to this world. Not you, not I... Not a single one of us. [ not that he’s had a chance to survey every single person here, but— ] Otherwise, I should imagine we would have seen some greater effort at resistance right now... Or rather, we would have seen some success.