[ not appearing in this tag: me putting my head on the table and going “NOOOOO 😭” ]
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[ oh and doesn’t that hit a little too close to the belt. “I simply felt very alone. And terrified.” while gale talks, he remains silent, his eyes still closed as he listens. and when gale is finished, he opens them, squinting slightly in the light. ]
I have found, over the years, that as benevolent or kind as some of them seem, the gods will do very little to help you when you actually need it. Not when they could be doing something for themselves instead. [ when you’re desperate, and scared and alone, and no one answers. ] It was never the gods that did anything for me. It was only myself. For so long.
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And so, you want to use this wish to undo what happened. To take it back, as you said? But despite everything— [ he reaches out a hand and taps his finger once on the centre of gale’s chest. ] The orb is still here.
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[ oh and doesn’t that hit a little too close to the belt. “I simply felt very alone. And terrified.” while gale talks, he remains silent, his eyes still closed as he listens. and when gale is finished, he opens them, squinting slightly in the light. ]
I have found, over the years, that as benevolent or kind as some of them seem, the gods will do very little to help you when you actually need it. Not when they could be doing something for themselves instead. [ when you’re desperate, and scared and alone, and no one answers. ] It was never the gods that did anything for me. It was only myself. For so long.
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And so, you want to use this wish to undo what happened. To take it back, as you said? But despite everything— [ he reaches out a hand and taps his finger once on the centre of gale’s chest. ] The orb is still here.