Not... entirely. I taught him how to survive in a world he probably only could belong.
There wasn't anything else I could do for him, though... he may resent me for thinking as much. For not...
[He glances up, lips very thin.]
Ash had been terribly abused, and he was being abused then as well. He was a prisoner. The man who hired me wanted me to make him into an aristocrat. He thought Ash was God's vessel--intelligent, and beautiful, and hopefully deadly.
It was just... politics.
[As Soo-won put it.]
I went to decline, but after meeting Ash... He wanted to punish them one day, so I stayed to give him the tools to do it, if he wanted.
[ . . . . . ah. it makes a little more sense then - that blanca felt as though he had a duty to fulfill, but could not truly act as a savior to this boy that he cared for. he could not be the one to pull him out of the situation that he was in.]
.... I hope he succeeded.
[because even if it were politics - to tread on the dignity of a person, soo-won can't accept that either.]
.... if he did, I am sure it is because he had the assistance that you could provide.
[A very small smile comes to his face, but it's wry.]
I believe he has succeeded, in a way, yes. I can't take any credit, though... I did leave my former employer so I could help him. He had others, too, but... he needed as much help as he could get.
And so he also wouldn't lose sight of what was most important along the way. Not revenge, but...
...the love he was getting from everyone else, especially his Japanese friend.
[soo-won, still: they seem like very good friends.
anyway he's just going to smile at that.]
.... your path does look clearer, when it's guided by love rather than spite, doesn't it?
[it's hard to say whether or not soo-won's path manifested the same way - while he never truly sought revenge for his father's death, was never someone who wanted to turn the country upside down for the sake of redemption....
well, he also knows that he did many things that were hardly deserving of love at the same time.]
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Ah...
Do you feel guilty for leaving him?
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There wasn't anything else I could do for him, though... he may resent me for thinking as much. For not...
[He glances up, lips very thin.]
Ash had been terribly abused, and he was being abused then as well. He was a prisoner. The man who hired me wanted me to make him into an aristocrat. He thought Ash was God's vessel--intelligent, and beautiful, and hopefully deadly.
It was just... politics.
[As Soo-won put it.]
I went to decline, but after meeting Ash... He wanted to punish them one day, so I stayed to give him the tools to do it, if he wanted.
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.... I hope he succeeded.
[because even if it were politics - to tread on the dignity of a person, soo-won can't accept that either.]
.... if he did, I am sure it is because he had the assistance that you could provide.
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I believe he has succeeded, in a way, yes. I can't take any credit, though... I did leave my former employer so I could help him. He had others, too, but... he needed as much help as he could get.
And so he also wouldn't lose sight of what was most important along the way. Not revenge, but...
...the love he was getting from everyone else, especially his Japanese friend.
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anyway he's just going to smile at that.]
.... your path does look clearer, when it's guided by love rather than spite, doesn't it?
[it's hard to say whether or not soo-won's path manifested the same way - while he never truly sought revenge for his father's death, was never someone who wanted to turn the country upside down for the sake of redemption....
well, he also knows that he did many things that were hardly deserving of love at the same time.]