Gladio nods, leans against the cool stone of the building and sighs softly.
"'s only fair." It is. Liam's both the one that ended up hurt and the one who'd sorta been ganged up on too. He hadn't meant for it to go that way but it had and it was at least partially his fault.
"I'm sorry she's gone, for what it's worth. She seemed like a good kid. Not cut out for this shit, but a good kid. And I'm not saying I'm right, we don't know. But that kind of shit? Moving walls and crap? that's a good way to get dead and getting killed..." He huffs a sigh and runs a hand over his hair as though there could be any flaw in the tight, neat braid Ignis had done for him that morning. At least he genuinely looks guilty.
"Places like this? Or like the Islands we were on, or like the shit hole tower Shion was in. Death stops meaning a whole helluva lot. It's never permanent. Same forces that be that dropped us in here aren't going to let us die but lemme tell you they can make sure it hurts like a bitch. But that's the thing. There's no noble sacrifices to make if everyone comes back so if she was just dead, got stuck out there and got fucked up. Then she'd be back by now.
What's worse is when you wake up one morning and someone you love's just... gone. No trace of 'em like they'd never been there. Room empty, shit vanished. Gotta just hope and pray that wherever they ended up they're gonna be okay. Maybe they got to go home, maybe they can fix things. Point is you'll never know and it's agony not knowing, trust me I know, and it's even worse when they come back cause half the time they don't remember and then everything's fucked up again cause you knew 'em, you made so many memories and now it's like they're a stranger.
The point is. The storm brought us here, the storm probably took her out other wise she'd be back. And as infuriating as it is, you suffering wasn't gonna do shit to change that. More to the point? That little girl in there? I don't care how brave she is saying she'd go with you, I'm pretty damned sure dying like that and coming back from it would break her. She's so sweet and young and she doesn't deserve that. I'm sorry shit got outta hand, I'm sorry Ardyn is a reactive asshole, and I'm sorry you got hurt."
And that's it. He slumps against the wall, all but deflates against it and looks at Liam, tired and weary.
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"'s only fair." It is. Liam's both the one that ended up hurt and the one who'd sorta been ganged up on too. He hadn't meant for it to go that way but it had and it was at least partially his fault.
"I'm sorry she's gone, for what it's worth. She seemed like a good kid. Not cut out for this shit, but a good kid. And I'm not saying I'm right, we don't know. But that kind of shit? Moving walls and crap? that's a good way to get dead and getting killed..." He huffs a sigh and runs a hand over his hair as though there could be any flaw in the tight, neat braid Ignis had done for him that morning. At least he genuinely looks guilty.
"Places like this? Or like the Islands we were on, or like the shit hole tower Shion was in. Death stops meaning a whole helluva lot. It's never permanent. Same forces that be that dropped us in here aren't going to let us die but lemme tell you they can make sure it hurts like a bitch. But that's the thing. There's no noble sacrifices to make if everyone comes back so if she was just dead, got stuck out there and got fucked up. Then she'd be back by now.
What's worse is when you wake up one morning and someone you love's just... gone. No trace of 'em like they'd never been there. Room empty, shit vanished. Gotta just hope and pray that wherever they ended up they're gonna be okay. Maybe they got to go home, maybe they can fix things. Point is you'll never know and it's agony not knowing, trust me I know, and it's even worse when they come back cause half the time they don't remember and then everything's fucked up again cause you knew 'em, you made so many memories and now it's like they're a stranger.
The point is. The storm brought us here, the storm probably took her out other wise she'd be back. And as infuriating as it is, you suffering wasn't gonna do shit to change that. More to the point? That little girl in there? I don't care how brave she is saying she'd go with you, I'm pretty damned sure dying like that and coming back from it would break her. She's so sweet and young and she doesn't deserve that. I'm sorry shit got outta hand, I'm sorry Ardyn is a reactive asshole, and I'm sorry you got hurt."
And that's it. He slumps against the wall, all but deflates against it and looks at Liam, tired and weary.
"'m not sorry you're still alive though... jerk"