He nods, giving a vague smile. "True," he whispers. "We can. We won't let them break us."
Words he hopes he can live by, especially given this place's ever-increasingly devious attempts to do just that.
A little flutter of his old optimism flits through his mind. Maybe he'll weather all of this, after all. But he'll have to tell her what it is he's weathering. He pulls in a deep breath and lets it out in a long sigh.
"This pain getting worse is... worrisome," he says. "And I've been feeling as though something is wrong for a while, now. Ever since I arrived here, really. But I don't know what it is. It's... vague. Elusive."
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Date: 2019-04-19 01:17 am (UTC)From:Words he hopes he can live by, especially given this place's ever-increasingly devious attempts to do just that.
A little flutter of his old optimism flits through his mind. Maybe he'll weather all of this, after all. But he'll have to tell her what it is he's weathering. He pulls in a deep breath and lets it out in a long sigh.
"This pain getting worse is... worrisome," he says. "And I've been feeling as though something is wrong for a while, now. Ever since I arrived here, really. But I don't know what it is. It's... vague. Elusive."