[ Though he's started to lead the way to their search, Hua Cheng turns, setting his hand gently down on her shoulder and squeezing. ]
No should've, no could've, no would've. I - saw her, deteriorating over the week. And I asked myself what I could have done. [ a little strained ] But gege told me we can't blame ourselves.
[ On that, they're in agreement. Xie Lian so often is, about things like this, after everything he's seen and done himself. ]
En, so we owe it to them to do our part on this side. If she died before she fell completely apart, then she'll be alright - we'll bring her and the others back.
Do we even know what that means, though? Besides the trials and the votes and all that, what exactly are we supposed to be doing to help them? No one seems to really have an answer yet.
But we have to follow the leads that we do have. Find what we can. There's the promise that we can bring people back, and the nova will restore, but we have to be willing to face what that might ask of us.
If the splintering spreads like a disease would, it has to be culled before it can spread, until we can get to the source. I know I would rather be killed than left to become a husk, if I were infected.
[ He says it easily, and simply, but not unkindly - it's hard, when you care about people. How do people do this all the time. ]
But I won't ever say to stop looking for a better way. Should there be another choice and we find it, then all the better.
...I think that's what I'd want, too. The alternative isn't worth it.
We should definitely keep looking, it's just... with the leaders having forgotten everything, and the rest of us having to keep things secret so we don't disturb the Realm even more, it's going to be hard to find something else. Or even if we do, to share that information safely, and that's even before factoring in how long it could take to find it.
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No should've, no could've, no would've. I - saw her, deteriorating over the week. And I asked myself what I could have done. [ a little strained ] But gege told me we can't blame ourselves.
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There's still a chance that we can bring them back. If they don't splinter all the way, they can be themselves again, once we do.
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En, so we owe it to them to do our part on this side. If she died before she fell completely apart, then she'll be alright - we'll bring her and the others back.
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But we have to follow the leads that we do have. Find what we can. There's the promise that we can bring people back, and the nova will restore, but we have to be willing to face what that might ask of us.
[ In a place where death is an answer.... ]
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[ not just the executions, but the more people that splinter... ]
There should be a better way than that. I hate that it's not giving us a choice.
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[ He says it easily, and simply, but not unkindly - it's hard, when you care about people. How do people do this all the time. ]
But I won't ever say to stop looking for a better way. Should there be another choice and we find it, then all the better.
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We should definitely keep looking, it's just... with the leaders having forgotten everything, and the rest of us having to keep things secret so we don't disturb the Realm even more, it's going to be hard to find something else. Or even if we do, to share that information safely, and that's even before factoring in how long it could take to find it.