[Need reads between the lines and the desire comes to press her lips to the crown of Celehar's head.
It shocks her. It's one of those instincts she doesn't have anymore. She has a humanlike, lifelike form on the Moonpaths but it's a careful construction to let her playact at being who she was. With it she can walk with the living, speak as they speak, even touch them. Before coming here she'd hugged Karal and An'desha in farewell, but if she ever wanted to express a deeper sympathy, then 'wings' were-
-stop. Stop, that's thinking about herself and she shouldn't right now. She also doesn't lean over and kiss him, absolutely convinced that he'd not take it as intended. He'll already probably be humiliated later and being babied will make it worse.]
That's part of the beast. To make the world unbearable - no, to make what's unbearable seem like all there is and ever will be. Until it seems there's only the one way to make it stop.
Many people find themselves reaching for that. I can't blame you for being one of them. [Even if she's having to keep herself from speculating how someone this worn has enough to do with emperors to have any chance to 'use' one.] And you could have done worse. You were given a choice to move forwards, and you took it.
It's a choice you have to make often, and sure, sometimes you don't take it, or can't. It's part of being a person. No one's strong or good all the time, it's not reasonable or realistic to expect of people. We're not just our worst moments.
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It shocks her. It's one of those instincts she doesn't have anymore. She has a humanlike, lifelike form on the Moonpaths but it's a careful construction to let her playact at being who she was. With it she can walk with the living, speak as they speak, even touch them. Before coming here she'd hugged Karal and An'desha in farewell, but if she ever wanted to express a deeper sympathy, then 'wings' were-
-stop. Stop, that's thinking about herself and she shouldn't right now. She also doesn't lean over and kiss him, absolutely convinced that he'd not take it as intended. He'll already probably be humiliated later and being babied will make it worse.]
That's part of the beast. To make the world unbearable - no, to make what's unbearable seem like all there is and ever will be. Until it seems there's only the one way to make it stop.
Many people find themselves reaching for that. I can't blame you for being one of them. [Even if she's having to keep herself from speculating how someone this worn has enough to do with emperors to have any chance to 'use' one.] And you could have done worse. You were given a choice to move forwards, and you took it.
It's a choice you have to make often, and sure, sometimes you don't take it, or can't. It's part of being a person. No one's strong or good all the time, it's not reasonable or realistic to expect of people. We're not just our worst moments.