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[flameguard]

the placing of these next to each other is exquisite

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[allomantic]

It'll happen again now that it's happened once.

[said with a frown.]

[flameguard]

...I know.

[ gods, doesn't he. it always comes down to this, doesn't it? selfishness, greed. sometimes he sees what that person saw. sometimes he understands. it's human nature, he might say, but rondo balances is it with the kindness of vin checking in on him, with ichiban's big, bright smile, and he takes a breath. that's human nature, too.

he stares into the flame, and then shakes his head. ]

To me, it's... it's far more evil, to so selfishly steal someone's life away for something that you want, than to be taken over by something you cannot control.

[allomantic]

It is.

[she's not going to disagree with that - it's horrible and cruel. she just isn't really shocked someone would behave that way.]

Well... If we find them tomorrow, we can ask about it.

[flameguard]

[ yeah, unfortunately, him either. we love when the main conflict of your canon is in the murdergame plot.

rondo's quiet, and then - he nods, expression melting into something more determined. ]

We will. [ find them. ] We'll figure it out. We have to.

[allomantic]

We don't have to. We aren't guaranteed anything. But I imagine we'll do what we can.

[flameguard]

[ he looks like he wants to argue with this (again, a stupid protagonist) but he shuts his mouth before he does, pressing the cold cloth on his cheek a little tighter and letting his gaze go back to the flame. ]

...right.

[allomantic]

[after a moment]

I only worry that saying things like "we have to" ignores the possibility of failure. I don't want to get complacent. Though I don't think that's a problem you'll have.

[flameguard]

[ cute... ]

Oh.... [ praised? weh.

if anything, he's used to failure. he's done that many, many times, too. rondo ducks his head, flustering a little as he looks down at his hands. ] No... you're right, Vin. We have to be careful, I just...

[ he trails off, here. ] I want to learn from our mistakes. [ last week. ] And I want to fulfill the duties of the Flameguard in any way that I can.