... In the lighthouse, the remains of Ellethia, this world?
( A half smile, and a shake of his head. )
I don't want to lose people I care about, Master Scholar. I've had that happen enough in my life, before and after I tried ending it, that preserving their safety, their living status, is more important than achievements from place to place. Who am I to believe myself the one who can change a great number of things? It takes support, and people, and timing, and I feel as if the merchant who heads our expedition wields us effectively as knives to cut without eyes. If it harms or hurts, as long as we live, as long as we're not in the hands of the undead lords...
( and a sigh then, settling back and glancing toward the long shelves, spines stacked irregularly here and there. )
If I could, I would see this place set back to a cycle of life and death in step with the world beyond. See the dead in those waters laid to rest, and not deprived it, without known end. Yet this isn't my world, and my concepts of what a cycle of life and death should be doesn't make it true for here. So: I don't know, Master Scholar. I hope to achieve our continued existence, and our eventual returns home.
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( A half smile, and a shake of his head. )
I don't want to lose people I care about, Master Scholar. I've had that happen enough in my life, before and after I tried ending it, that preserving their safety, their living status, is more important than achievements from place to place. Who am I to believe myself the one who can change a great number of things? It takes support, and people, and timing, and I feel as if the merchant who heads our expedition wields us effectively as knives to cut without eyes. If it harms or hurts, as long as we live, as long as we're not in the hands of the undead lords...
( and a sigh then, settling back and glancing toward the long shelves, spines stacked irregularly here and there. )
If I could, I would see this place set back to a cycle of life and death in step with the world beyond. See the dead in those waters laid to rest, and not deprived it, without known end. Yet this isn't my world, and my concepts of what a cycle of life and death should be doesn't make it true for here. So: I don't know, Master Scholar. I hope to achieve our continued existence, and our eventual returns home.