[ They've been over how stupid that makes him, so she won't belabor the point, but refuses to concede it. Just as loving him as she does won't make any difference in the end, neither will his stubborn determination to stick by her. ]
[ She does consider, just for a moment, confessing some awful truths: her memories of senseless, freefalling slaughter, about what happened with Karl, twice over, and once without even the excuse of a curse. It would be cruel, but that's the point. It would hurt him; that's also the point. She can't manage it. Such a coward. ]
It won't last. It never does. [ Just -- that warning, her voice barely a whisper as though speaking the words makes it any more true. In the end he'll be gone, or he'll hate her, or she'll sleep for decades and wake with only a pleasant void where his memory should be. It always happens that way. ]
[ She takes a breath, as if to say more, but her hunger crashes through her, eyes blaring red, and she frees a hand to cover her mouth. Some part of her knows he's about to offer his blood to her anyway, and she tries hard to remember how sickening that should feel.
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Date: 2021-11-07 01:00 am (UTC)[ She does consider, just for a moment, confessing some awful truths: her memories of senseless, freefalling slaughter, about what happened with Karl, twice over, and once without even the excuse of a curse. It would be cruel, but that's the point. It would hurt him; that's also the point.
She can't manage it. Such a coward. ]
It won't last. It never does. [ Just -- that warning, her voice barely a whisper as though speaking the words makes it any more true. In the end he'll be gone, or he'll hate her, or she'll sleep for decades and wake with only a pleasant void where his memory should be. It always happens that way. ]
[ She takes a breath, as if to say more, but her hunger crashes through her, eyes blaring red, and she frees a hand to cover her mouth. Some part of her knows he's about to offer his blood to her anyway, and she tries hard to remember how sickening that should feel.