[ he looks at her, shocked. he wonders what it's like not to have to see the mutilated bodies of someone you care about.
he wouldn't have pegged aqua as naive, but this isn't insight that he expected. ]
Sorry, but death is ugly in most places. [ his tone is soft, not condescending but not sympathetic either. he sounds almost thoughtful. ] It's actually kind of nightmare inducing.
[ her sympathy is kind of weird to receive, and he's not really sure how to answer it... normally people just go "be like that sometimes" and call it a day.
let's just focus on the problem at hand. ]
... Yeah, we already didn't have much time, and now we have even less. [ ugh ] And no way to pull ourselves out of this.
Yeah, that's the only thing I could think of last night. I thought maybe whatever benefit we get from finding our pair might let us out from where we're trapped.
...Yes. I'd like to speak more to our handlers [ npcs, whatever ] about that, but I can only imagine they're preoccupied right now. I didn't think one of them would be struck down so quickly.
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he wouldn't have pegged aqua as naive, but this isn't insight that he expected. ]
Sorry, but death is ugly in most places. [ his tone is soft, not condescending but not sympathetic either. he sounds almost thoughtful. ] It's actually kind of nightmare inducing.
... I hope you don't have to see too much of it.
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[ truly. she's experienced a lot, but this is an entirely different kind of horrible. ]
...They said it would take two months to complete the ritual. I was foolish enough to think it wouldn't be like this.
[ the implications are grave, and all the more immediate now. ]
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let's just focus on the problem at hand. ]
... Yeah, we already didn't have much time, and now we have even less. [ ugh ] And no way to pull ourselves out of this.
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It seems like all we can do differently is figure out our pair. Though that has its own risks, too.
[ she still doesn't like the idea of it. but she's not seeing any other options right now. ]
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Yeah, that's the only thing I could think of last night. I thought maybe whatever benefit we get from finding our pair might let us out from where we're trapped.
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[ no crows around today, either... ]
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[ and soap ]
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Right. We'll have to wait for them to make contact with us again.