[ Who could say...? Would it go down to the last man standing? The thought sends an ache through him. ]
We've already lost too many.
[ It's unthinkable that this could continue, but... it will. He pauses, looking to the fire a while before glancing over to her. He wants to be there for her, he wants to give her space as she mourns. He doesn't know where to straddle the line, but he tries with a careful question. ]
It's difficult, isn't it...? To outlive someone you care for so deeply.
It's an agreement with both the things he says - they have lost too many, and it is difficult. It's incredibly difficult. She knows that all too well.]
It is. [There's a pause; the crackling of the fire fills the silence.] That is something I shall never get used to.
[No matter how many ages her life might span, it's not going to dull the pain of losing someone. Flayn knows, that if nothing... happens, if they all make it back home, she'll outlive most everyone she cares for. It's an eventuality that she has to accept, even as she dreads it.
And she knows, too, that people will die here. She just hadn't been prepared for it to hurt this much.]
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We've already lost too many.
[ It's unthinkable that this could continue, but... it will. He pauses, looking to the fire a while before glancing over to her. He wants to be there for her, he wants to give her space as she mourns. He doesn't know where to straddle the line, but he tries with a careful question. ]
It's difficult, isn't it...? To outlive someone you care for so deeply.
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It's an agreement with both the things he says - they have lost too many, and it is difficult. It's incredibly difficult. She knows that all too well.]
It is. [There's a pause; the crackling of the fire fills the silence.] That is something I shall never get used to.
[No matter how many ages her life might span, it's not going to dull the pain of losing someone. Flayn knows, that if nothing... happens, if they all make it back home, she'll outlive most everyone she cares for. It's an eventuality that she has to accept, even as she dreads it.
And she knows, too, that people will die here. She just hadn't been prepared for it to hurt this much.]