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how ridiculous—stupid, even—to ever think such a thing. his own disbelief is drowned out by her disbelieving laughter, chuckles contorted and strained before being silenced by one long sigh.[break][break]

perhaps he should have made better investments; smarter ones that won't fall into the same hole as she has.[break][break]

"don't tell me you've grown soft on him."

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"You asked, Stone. Whether or not you like the answer, it's the simple fact of what happened."[break][break]

The laughter had long faded, replaced by a frosty severity that cut all emotion in favor of chill nonchalance.[break][break]

Did he think she was some child who might pine for a fantasy that didn't exist? He did, clearly. Her own feelings felt more tangled, more complicated; the scene had been jarring, like taking an assemblage of things she'd known and turning them into a reality she couldn't fathom or recognize.[break][break]

It wasn't love she felt, but confusion and guilt.[break][break]

"I don't intend to die for him, if that's what you're asking. I'll kill him before he kills me."[break][break]

But she spoke with a confidence she didn't feel. She knew, intimately, how much weaker she was now.[break][break]

Fear kept her from relying on Wo-chien's full power, and all the strings that power entailed.

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"you and everyone else. it is human nature, after all, to prioritize our own survival."[break][break]

there are few that defy this. alexander stone, champion of hoenn, defied this when he gave his life for his region. but now the scales have tipped.[break][break]

or perhaps they have always been tipped this way.[break][break]

"i wonder what it is that changed within you."[break][break]

he says, questioning.[break][break]

"is it pity you feel for him? gratitude for saving you?" he pauses, "or is it love?"

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POSTED ON Dec 4, 2023 6:52:22 GMT

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"What changed in me?"[break][break]

The green of her eyes paled for but an instant, shining with the golden ring of autumnal rot at the audacity of his accusation.[break][break]

His hypocrisy was astounding.[break][break]

"Would you die for her?" she challenged him instead, stepping forward through the mists of the Border. "freya morningstar. The woman you supposedly love. Would you choose yourself over her?"[break][break]

Vines slithered their way out of the ground, slow and coiling with serpentine threat about the man in front of her. Resentment flowed freely from her now, fluidly coursing through her veins with power that ached to be wielded once more.[break][break]

she can also touch others to instill her own resentment in others, or to draw out deep-seated grudges to fuel her own spite. this effect, however, is temporary. (REQ: RPER PERMISSION)
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Cruelty underscored her mocking tone as she leaned in, her breath hot against his ear as a finger brushed against his cheek.[break][break]

"Morningstar would have died for him, you know. FERNANDO SILPH."[break][break]

She could twist small knives in him, too. And she twisted it even deeper, waiting to see how much he'd squirm.[break][break]

"Shame she failed even that test of loyalty, hm? Just like you failed, when you died for her."

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her challenge is met with silence as uncertainty clouds his thoughts, dragging doubt to the surface. would he die for freya morningstar? yes, he would. he would sacrifice himself for her ten times over—[break][break]

"..."[break][break]

would he really?[break][break]

her finger brushes against his cheek, and quickly the doubts turn into GRUDGES, each one with enough venom to make a thosuand capsules.[break][break]

"i died for hoenn."[break][break]

he tilts his head away from her touch.[break][break]

"she would have died not for him but for herself because she seeks redemption from being so lost and astray that only death could redeem her. she is a lost cause, and i'm beginning to think that you are, too."

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"You don't love her at all, do you?" Elisabeth whispered then, and both vindication and sorrow stirred within her at this discovery. How many men lied so boldly, so falsely, about pledging their hearts to another, only to discard them so cruelly? "It's always a lie to get what you want. I don't know why I thought you'd be different, with her."[break][break]

When he turned his cheek, her own hand fell back to her side, empty and lost. A quiet thud announced the plummeting of her vines back to the ground, lifeless and limp as she blinked back the sinister glow from her emerald eyes.[break][break]

"You didn't die for Hoenn, either," Elisabeth said suddenly, and though she had no reason to justify it, this accusation felt truer than her last. "You died to be a martyr. You wanted to be remembered as someone worth being. But what have you done with your second chance at life, Stone?"[break][break]

This time, she was the one to stare at him with self-righteous judgment, letting this unspoken truth speak for her: he'd done nothing but tried to kill the same man he'd saved, trying in vain to undo the cycle he'd spun back into motion.[break][break]

"You speak of lost causes? Look to the splinter in your own eye, before you look to mine."

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"don't you dare," he whispers in return, appalled at the accusation. "of course i love her. i love her with every fibre of my being even though i know she will never want what i want. so don't you dare question what i feel for her."[break][break]

but what she says next goes uncontested, he is silenced under the weight of it all because what she says is the truth.[break][break]

what has he done with his second chance at life? he returned only to chase old flames hoping he could rekindle what had already been lost, and when that didn't work, he resorted to what was familiar: work, research, politics. he drowns himself in responsibilities not solely for the greater good but also as an escape.[break][break]

because like freya morningstar, he, too, is lost.

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