[he's tired give him a break!! he yelled at Andersen right before coming here, and that was an emotionally charged conversation]
. . . yeah.
[deflates, and leans against the wall again, folding an arm over himself. it's hard to cross said arms when one of his is in a sling. he also rests his head against his torso, eyes slipping shut and his bangs masking his expression]
We thought about this, long and hard. We knew the consequences when we made our choice. In the end. . . none of us can condemn those lives already stolen. Jason, Hana, Dave, Omega, Apollo, Kaiba, Ryou. . . and everyone else.
[. . .]
The cycle will continue, even if we stop this particular ritual by killing the Prophets and ending it all. It's just-- if we do that?
We abandon those who have died in this iteration of the game.
There is no way to stop this. There's gonna be another ritual after this one, whether the Unclean keeps the souls who have died or not. There's no way to stop it-- unless, y'know.
no subject
. . . yeah.
[deflates, and leans against the wall again, folding an arm over himself. it's hard to cross said arms when one of his is in a sling. he also rests his head against his torso, eyes slipping shut and his bangs masking his expression]
We thought about this, long and hard. We knew the consequences when we made our choice. In the end. . . none of us can condemn those lives already stolen. Jason, Hana, Dave, Omega, Apollo, Kaiba, Ryou. . . and everyone else.
[. . .]
The cycle will continue, even if we stop this particular ritual by killing the Prophets and ending it all. It's just-- if we do that?
We abandon those who have died in this iteration of the game.
There is no way to stop this. There's gonna be another ritual after this one, whether the Unclean keeps the souls who have died or not. There's no way to stop it-- unless, y'know.
Someone figures out how to kill a god.