scawwy ✦ karlach cliffgate

[recession]

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[recession]

Well, that does align with expectations.

[ Imagine devils are actually very friendly. ]

What was life like there? If you don't mind. I mean more the mundane aspects...

[ Since he definitely isn't asking her to expound on her trauma and bad times on this unholy Sunday. ]

[ablazement]

[she is slowly regaining signs of life, which is nice.]

Oh, fucking horrible. [takes a drink.] I was on the frontlines most times. The worst sort of camps you can imagine, with devils on one side and demons on the other. Not a single friendly face. Plenty of dicks who liked to gamble, though.

[recession]

[ That's good. He'll be here as long as he feels like keeping an eye on her. He's picking mildly at bread himself. ]

They're warring down there?

[ablazement]

Yeah. S'called the Blood War. They've been at it for ages. I'm Zariel's secret weapon, only there's one of me, so it's slow going.

[recession]

Sounds straightforward enough.

[ Blood... is often spilled... in war... well it could be symbolic like noble blood or whatever but Daan ain't about that. ]

...The person you were sold to, I'm assuming.

[ablazement]

[this is funny because it might be symbolic but it might also be because devils and demons are really not that creative]

... Yeah. [she can't remember if she told him outright or if he just guessed, but. hey.] That's the one.

[recession]

[ He guessed based on context clues. ]

...Are you free from them now?

[ablazement]

For now, yeah. Forever, if I get my way.

[recession]

...

Something you'd wish for?

[ She doesn't need to answer that. He's minding his own business a little, at least physically, looking at his water. ]

[ablazement]

[snort. she just rests her head on the table.]

Thought about it. I don't want to tie someone to me, though. So.

[recession]

Fair enough assessment, and I think probably the sound decision.

For a wish with no guarantee will be true, strengthening internal monsters and dooming another to die with you on top of it...

It's all bad news.

[ablazement]

I want to strengthen the monsters even less after today.

[no thank you tentacles.]

Won't stop some people though.

[recession]

No, it won't. And while a part of me does maybe wonder it would be unwise to stay away from it entirely, just in case, I also can't deny that I have to consider the possibility of some kind of answer lying in there.

Choices.

[ He sighs. ]

And their respective consequences, of course.

[ablazement]

There's that curiosity, right? [like, she doesn't want to do this, but what if it's the solution. what if it's important?

she doesn't know.]

I'm... staying open to it. If it saves us, I'll do it. And people have asked me if I'll look for their partners for them. So that's where I'm at.

[recession]

[ Staying open to it... that's fair enough. ]

And you agreed?

[ablazement]

Sure. Runs a risk, but what doesn't.

[recession]

...Just try not to wear yourself thin.

Alright?

[ablazement]

Yeah. Alright.

[she can manage a little smile for him, after all this.]

[recession]

...

[ Pats her on the hand lightly. ]

Don't need to eat it now, but take the bread with you, why don't you? In case you end up feeling hungry but don't wanna move anymore.