flameguard | mygod | pc catchall

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mygod | pc catchall | vin

the placing of these next to each other is exquisite

[ she's literally just a girl, you guys.... she's just a girl.....

this is a little scary, because - well, he knows what pressure can do to someone, too. he thinks of the strange manifestations of sazantos' life they found in hell. the description of the endless struggle against the cruelty of humanity - how being the flameguard means that the continent relies on you, how thankless, painful, and brutal it can be to see the scourge of humanity, over and over, and over. how heavy that can be.

he squeezes again, expression dropping to vin's. ]

... That's true. But... them feeling that way doesn't change the fact that it's scary for you, too.

...I told someone recently that the king can't hold the city against those armies, even with my help. They told me if that were the case, then I should just leave - to either fully commit to believing in our chances, or give up entirely. But all my friends are there. Everyone I love.

[...]

We're going to be taken over, I think. But I don't know what else to do but stay. And the way they look at me, the way they talk about me, even the king... I'm not a hero, or a miracle worker.

[ he's quiet, for a moment, taking that in, brows knit together in concern, and worry. ]

... But... now you won't have to be alone to figure it out. [ not with that ouija board, tucked in somewhere safe. ] Right?