[The beginnings of tension entering his shoulders reverse, winding down just as quickly as they'd begun, and he settles again with a smile. There's that word again, choose. They've had that conversation again so no sense in repeating himself, but she knows how important it is to him, that it's part of why he loves this world. There is a degree of bittersweetness to be taken from the world, knowing that while saving it is a wonderful thing, their usefulness (and therefore their presence here) has an end date. He's not sure if they'll be able to have it both ways.
It'd be... nice, though. And no one can stop them from dreaming about it.]
Me too. And I don't think anyone could really judge us for it, either.
[It's strange; most of those from his world had wanted him to resist fate, to come up with something better. He'd resigned to this as the best option, not wanting to harm the world through his selfishness, but there were times when only Pyra and Ardyn had been in agreement with him on that. This isn't rebelling, exactly, but to resist even a little is an unusual left turn he hadn't expected.]
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[The beginnings of tension entering his shoulders reverse, winding down just as quickly as they'd begun, and he settles again with a smile. There's that word again, choose. They've had that conversation again so no sense in repeating himself, but she knows how important it is to him, that it's part of why he loves this world. There is a degree of bittersweetness to be taken from the world, knowing that while saving it is a wonderful thing, their usefulness (and therefore their presence here) has an end date. He's not sure if they'll be able to have it both ways.
It'd be... nice, though. And no one can stop them from dreaming about it.]
Me too. And I don't think anyone could really judge us for it, either.
[It's strange; most of those from his world had wanted him to resist fate, to come up with something better. He'd resigned to this as the best option, not wanting to harm the world through his selfishness, but there were times when only Pyra and Ardyn had been in agreement with him on that. This isn't rebelling, exactly, but to resist even a little is an unusual left turn he hadn't expected.]