[he nods in agreement - because he feels the same. these people aren't soldiers and while that in turn worked against them today, he also thinks that the kindness that they show might be able to save people more than warfare.
perhaps not today, but maybe tomorrow.]
... mm. In truth, I should have moved faster myself instead of positing suggestions.
[soo-won was thinking about that saw so early on but then he just trusted other people's checks and then they were out of time. he just
[ She takes a small step forward and gently rests her forehead against his shoulder. Her arms loop around him loosely. Perhaps she will be saved he has a GIANT STAB WOUND so she doesn't do anything more than this. Perhaps she can't be faulted because of those spiraling wounds and that is why she stops at this.
Her voice is muffled, soft. ]
We must. We learn, and we improve. That is living.
there is a brief pause, and he'll let his arm curl around her, the other resting atop of her head, stroking through her hair as if to soothe her. it comes naturally to him, these thoughtful little gestures - perhaps it's what he would've wanted, if he could show a little more weakness.
(he does, a little. when he rests his head atop hers. that is enough.)]
... it is. Even if we have failed today, it is the duty of those still standing and remaining to right what we've done wrong, and seek to do better.
I feel as though I am constantly repeating myself.... I'm always okay, you know.
[he'd said that to yona during trial, and he feels that way now. the urge to insist that he's fine, because he has to remain steady for others. especially after so many fingers were pointed in his direction and he's certain that there would be guilt related to that as well -
he is used to carrying that burden.
but he supposes - so is jeanne.
so he pauses for a moment before he lets his head bow closer to hers, voice soft]
[ Because they must be, because that is how they should be, because that is what they've taken upon themselves. With their choices and the responsibilities they shoulder, they cannot falter.
They are used to holding their own burdens, as well as others, and so it means that much more when he admits it.
Her fingers clutch at cloth for half a second before she lets go, and she smiles. It's not quite a smile from the heart; it can't be there yet, so soon after the majority voted for someone innocent, for someone they could have saved, but he is right. ]
We will both be okay. Whatever happens tomorrow and after, we will be okay. For what we're working for, for what we want to save, we will be okay.
It's how we are.
[ For whatever sins they have to bear, they will continue until they can no longer. ]
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perhaps not today, but maybe tomorrow.]
... mm. In truth, I should have moved faster myself instead of positing suggestions.
[soo-won was thinking about that saw so early on but then he just trusted other people's checks and then they were out of time. he just
quietly sighs about it]
We'll act more decisively next time.
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[ She takes a small step forward and gently rests her forehead against his shoulder. Her arms loop around him loosely. Perhaps she will be saved he has a GIANT STAB WOUND so she doesn't do anything more than this. Perhaps she can't be faulted because of those spiraling wounds and that is why she stops at this.
Her voice is muffled, soft. ]
We must. We learn, and we improve. That is living.
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there is a brief pause, and he'll let his arm curl around her, the other resting atop of her head, stroking through her hair as if to soothe her. it comes naturally to him, these thoughtful little gestures - perhaps it's what he would've wanted, if he could show a little more weakness.
(he does, a little. when he rests his head atop hers. that is enough.)]
... it is. Even if we have failed today, it is the duty of those still standing and remaining to right what we've done wrong, and seek to do better.
[and they will, he knows that.
but - ]
... don't push yourself too much, Jeanne.
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It's weird, how she doesn't feel weak now, but she also doesn't feel right. ]
Duty is what I know and what I'm bound by.
[ She has never been led astray there. She has never walked a path she regretted for duty. ]
And I won't push myself too much, if you don't.
[ They are too much alike in some ways for her not to know of his hypocrisy. ]
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I feel as though I am constantly repeating myself.... I'm always okay, you know.
[he'd said that to yona during trial, and he feels that way now. the urge to insist that he's fine, because he has to remain steady for others. especially after so many fingers were pointed in his direction and he's certain that there would be guilt related to that as well -
he is used to carrying that burden.
but he supposes - so is jeanne.
so he pauses for a moment before he lets his head bow closer to hers, voice soft]
.... perhaps a bit hurt in this moment.
However, we will both be okay.
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They are used to holding their own burdens, as well as others, and so it means that much more when he admits it.
Her fingers clutch at cloth for half a second before she lets go, and she smiles. It's not quite a smile from the heart; it can't be there yet, so soon after the majority voted for someone innocent, for someone they could have saved, but he is right. ]
We will both be okay. Whatever happens tomorrow and after, we will be okay. For what we're working for, for what we want to save, we will be okay.
It's how we are.
[ For whatever sins they have to bear, they will continue until they can no longer. ]