Maybe this is punishment too, for always wanting to be. ]
You should have said something. [I should have known.] We were there with you! We saw them take the Oldest Dream! [I should have looked back one more time.] You...
[Why does it have to be this way? She'd written that story -- that person who she can't reconcile as herself just yet -- but still, she's responsible too. did the story -- did it trap him -- all of them into this? she's crying in earnest now, grief deepening her voice and making her stumble over words that mean little too late now,]
Why did you let us leave? With just an Avatar -- like that would have made us happy! Like we wouldn't have noticed! We could have stayed with you, we could have figured it out together!
[or maybe they wouldn't have, and she's just saying that now, throwing each word out like a accusation that misses its mark. she's throwing it at the wrong person,]
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Maybe this is punishment too, for always wanting to be. ]
You should have said something. [I should have known.] We were there with you! We saw them take the Oldest Dream! [I should have looked back one more time.] You...
[Why does it have to be this way? She'd written that story -- that person who she can't reconcile as herself just yet -- but still, she's responsible too. did the story -- did it trap him -- all of them into this? she's crying in earnest now, grief deepening her voice and making her stumble over words that mean little too late now,]
Why did you let us leave? With just an Avatar -- like that would have made us happy! Like we wouldn't have noticed! We could have stayed with you, we could have figured it out together!
[or maybe they wouldn't have, and she's just saying that now, throwing each word out like a accusation that misses its mark. she's throwing it at the wrong person,]