[ HE'S WORRIED ABOUT IT? I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT? by which i mean rondo does look at it, but - he draws his eyes away after a moment because he is a good boy.
and...eventually, he nods. ]
I... don't really know. It might be desperation, maybe. Being so focused on achieving what you wanted with the ring that... you don't care what happens to you. [ it's not a pleasant memory, really. ceraphina was terrifying, an angel warped into biblical proportions, and he frowns to himself as he thinks about it again. ]
Even then, it's... their choice, to do it. Not like today.
People just make stupid choices sometimes. That's one thing... [ but yeah. this whole mess is different. no one is choosing. ] Can it be fixed? Whatever happens to people with those rings?
Not... in any way that I've ever seen. By the point they've transformed, they've stopped caring - I don't think anything could bring them back. [ the gods punishing humanity for their hubris, really. ] It's... like a consequence you can't turn back from.
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and...eventually, he nods. ]
I... don't really know. It might be desperation, maybe. Being so focused on achieving what you wanted with the ring that... you don't care what happens to you. [ it's not a pleasant memory, really. ceraphina was terrifying, an angel warped into biblical proportions, and he frowns to himself as he thinks about it again. ]
Even then, it's... their choice, to do it. Not like today.
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People just make stupid choices sometimes. That's one thing... [ but yeah. this whole mess is different. no one is choosing. ] Can it be fixed? Whatever happens to people with those rings?
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a beat. he doesn't disagree, not really. ]
Not... in any way that I've ever seen. By the point they've transformed, they've stopped caring - I don't think anything could bring them back. [ the gods punishing humanity for their hubris, really. ] It's... like a consequence you can't turn back from.
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