This is why I ask for you to trust me. For I have not forgotten what you look like when you feel happy and free.
And it is not as if your duty is imaginary or unworthy, but it is far beyond what could ever be anticipated. Not a single soul in all of Amaurot would look you in the eye and demand nor expect this of you.
In their infinite kindness and understanding, their love and wisdom... They would say: rest, dear Hades. For you are a remarkable man, but you are still just one man.
[His hands shift, moving to hold him tight against his chest, his face buried in his hair. He’s lucky that Hades had tossed his cigarette: his need to hold him is so dire that he fears neither a singe to his clothes nor skin. ]
I have but one regret. I wish I had taken the title of Emet-Selch and spared you your suffering.
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And it is not as if your duty is imaginary or unworthy, but it is far beyond what could ever be anticipated. Not a single soul in all of Amaurot would look you in the eye and demand nor expect this of you.
In their infinite kindness and understanding, their love and wisdom... They would say: rest, dear Hades. For you are a remarkable man, but you are still just one man.
[His hands shift, moving to hold him tight against his chest, his face buried in his hair. He’s lucky that Hades had tossed his cigarette: his need to hold him is so dire that he fears neither a singe to his clothes nor skin. ]
I have but one regret. I wish I had taken the title of Emet-Selch and spared you your suffering.