At what number does the death toll outweigh the value of a lesson learned? she thinks. How many people in Atlas died? How many people lost their homes? How is Remnant ever going to survive after this, when the technological capital of the world has been reduced to debris in a crater?
How is she supposed to tell Erin that she didn't even die in combat, but with a cup of tea in her hand and no more will to live?
Despite it all she wants to thank Erin, wants to appreciate the sentiment at hand, but the guilt chokes her, and for a while all she can do is to cling tighter and hope that says it for her.
"...we'd have to get out of the Ever After first. Do— do you remember that book I got, back on the ship? The one with the gold plate on the front, with the tree carving I made you feel. Turns out that place is real." She laughs, a little emptily. "I-I shouldn't even be surprised, at this point; all our fairytales seem to be..."
cw: reference to suicide
At what number does the death toll outweigh the value of a lesson learned? she thinks. How many people in Atlas died? How many people lost their homes? How is Remnant ever going to survive after this, when the technological capital of the world has been reduced to debris in a crater?
How is she supposed to tell Erin that she didn't even die in combat, but with a cup of tea in her hand and no more will to live?
Despite it all she wants to thank Erin, wants to appreciate the sentiment at hand, but the guilt chokes her, and for a while all she can do is to cling tighter and hope that says it for her.
"...we'd have to get out of the Ever After first. Do— do you remember that book I got, back on the ship? The one with the gold plate on the front, with the tree carving I made you feel. Turns out that place is real." She laughs, a little emptily. "I-I shouldn't even be surprised, at this point; all our fairytales seem to be..."