A mistake of yours then, if I am to die, I shall burn until there is nothing left.
[ If he has lost that much and gone so far, he will not risk the things he knows -- that death is too easily undone, suspended and dragged out and if he has a fear, it is that things will not end. ]
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As if I didn't see them gathered around your coffin.
FROM: morir.carla@cdc.org
Did you know I'm eidetic, Corvo? I don't forget anything I see.
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A mistake of yours then, if I am to die, I shall burn until there is nothing left.
[ If he has lost that much and gone so far, he will not risk the things he knows -- that death is too easily undone, suspended and dragged out and if he has a fear, it is that things will not end. ]
from: attano.corvo@cdc.org
What did you see?
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Don't be so worried. Just a few people visiting. I won't bother them.
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I am glad to hear that.
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Such fatherly concern.
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I suppose so.
[ keep away from his anime children damnit. ]
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I imagine those feelings make you uncomfortable.
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I was Lord Protector, it was my chief responsibility to be distrustful of others intentions at all times.
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Including your own from what I see.
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I have no intentions beyond seeing that we all make it through in one piece.
[ which is very strictly saying he doesn't care of himself for them, because he's not admitting that to her, not now, not ever. ]
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All of us? How magnanimous.
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Not all, it would take a far better man than I to care for all.
[ and he's too fixed, too limited, in that regard. ]
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Or we could try taking care of ourselves.
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If we worked alone, perhaps, but we do not. We would be a poor force if we only looked as far as ourselves.
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I don't protect weak links.
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Depends what you define as weak.
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It does, doesn't it :)
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From the right hammer fall, we are all weak links.
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I'm not a fan of poetics.
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That is a shame. Some of them can be beautiful.
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You think I care about what's beautiful?
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No, and I pity you for it.
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Let's not get in to that, it's a slippery slope.
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For me, or for you?
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You. Unless you want to start getting in to what a *pity* certain things are.
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