...I want to hope for the same. I...do not want to give up on hope. Not ever.
[ To think about the catastrophe that nearly occurred is...numbing, after the last few days. Everyone acts so certain that they know what will happen when someone hurts, or kills, or dies. But in reality, the examples offered have been few, and all judgement is arbitrarily at the whim of an unknown being. Punishments can change. 'Gifts' can be taken away. 'Death' could snap them up at any moment, and there is no proof that true death won't keep them one day, wherever their true bodies are being kept. Has he not learned as much from recent discoveries? Has anyone here realized how their lives are more fragile than ever before?
Ethan might have killed Hob, a kind man and family to her beloved Morpheus; he could have killed Badou, dearest partner to Heine, who both have shaped part of what is becoming Vanessa's new family. ...And if Heine had killed Ethan? She could have lost them both to their own ruin.
She wouldn't have learned about Sembene's death, only hours before arriving here. — Dear, dear Sembene — Oh, she can't bear it. Vanessa can't lose any more family. She can't permit it, not from anyone. The thought chokes at her, and her whisper shudders while she stares down at Dorian with a strangely hollowed out grief behind the blue of her eyes. They carry echoes of pain and love from a time long hidden away—long before his time. ]
I would not be here now if not for Ethan's grace, did you know? His selflessness. And all that he has carried through his own pain. He is...special. I believe you've seen that.
[ He knew that, and still he risked what little bit of happiness Ethan had found for himself. Some people will never again look at Ethan the same.
If she had committed such a 'crime' for the sake of a boy she didn't know until coming here, what torture might she be willing to suffer through for Ethan's sake? In some ways, she can be limitless. ...And yet, she is simultaneously at the end of her rope. Dorian has been her friend, and she would defend him from harm just as her other friends. But he isn't like her other friends.
In every way imaginable, he knowingly endangered Ethan. He hurt Ethan. ]
I have had so little hope in life, and Ethan is one of the few to have gifted it to me. Ceaselessly. I...don't know what I would do...if that hope were to be taken from me.
how did this word wall happen i'm so sorry
[ To think about the catastrophe that nearly occurred is...numbing, after the last few days. Everyone acts so certain that they know what will happen when someone hurts, or kills, or dies. But in reality, the examples offered have been few, and all judgement is arbitrarily at the whim of an unknown being. Punishments can change. 'Gifts' can be taken away. 'Death' could snap them up at any moment, and there is no proof that true death won't keep them one day, wherever their true bodies are being kept. Has he not learned as much from recent discoveries? Has anyone here realized how their lives are more fragile than ever before?
Ethan might have killed Hob, a kind man and family to her beloved Morpheus; he could have killed Badou, dearest partner to Heine, who both have shaped part of what is becoming Vanessa's new family. ...And if Heine had killed Ethan? She could have lost them both to their own ruin.
She wouldn't have learned about Sembene's death, only hours before arriving here. — Dear, dear Sembene — Oh, she can't bear it. Vanessa can't lose any more family. She can't permit it, not from anyone. The thought chokes at her, and her whisper shudders while she stares down at Dorian with a strangely hollowed out grief behind the blue of her eyes. They carry echoes of pain and love from a time long hidden away—long before his time. ]
I would not be here now if not for Ethan's grace, did you know? His selflessness. And all that he has carried through his own pain. He is...special. I believe you've seen that.
[ He knew that, and still he risked what little bit of happiness Ethan had found for himself. Some people will never again look at Ethan the same.
If she had committed such a 'crime' for the sake of a boy she didn't know until coming here, what torture might she be willing to suffer through for Ethan's sake? In some ways, she can be limitless. ...And yet, she is simultaneously at the end of her rope. Dorian has been her friend, and she would defend him from harm just as her other friends. But he isn't like her other friends.
In every way imaginable, he knowingly endangered Ethan. He hurt Ethan. ]
I have had so little hope in life, and Ethan is one of the few to have gifted it to me. Ceaselessly. I...don't know what I would do...if that hope were to be taken from me.