[ It does feel awfully familiar, the way the girl seems to know just what pieces to pick at. There are hints. Clues as to why that is. Hades chooses to ignore them. Claim ignorance even if it is horribly plain to see. Perhaps that is why it gets under his skin so. Why it makes him angry and ache. There is that void within him that has been eating at him from the inside out for too long. Bereft of the companionship that he had in the days where he had been considered young or in his prime.
She would have done things like this. Then they would have argued and Hythlodaeus would have -
Would have but no longer can because of Her. Venat. Hydaelyn. The longer She plays this game and sends champions, the longer it will take to have what he has lost returned to him. It's upsetting, truly. Vexing, absolutely. No apologies offered can soothe that loss nor that ache. He would love to lash out and put it out there as plain as day, but he doesn't. No, it isn't the time. None of them remember so it wouldn't have any meaning.
But that, maybe, is what he keeps hoping for. That a sliver of those that he once loved could remain in that which is present in the now. A false hope that keeps beating him down.
He bites his tongue. Doesn't speak. Nothing productive or helpful would come out of it at the moment. So instead he stands. He won't disappear, but he's likely not going to follow any longer. Just allow the girl to walk of and he can stand there, ruminating and boiling in his thoughts and emotions. ]
[ There is one thing she thinks she needs to say before she begins walking away from this mess. So with her back straight and voice painfully open with grief she doesn't fully understand, she says: ]
Thank you for listening and I do hope you enjoy your cookie, whatever to choose to with it in the end. I made it myself. But... Be kinder to yourself, Emet-Selch. Shutting people out is easier, but not worth it in the end. I should know at least that much.
[ That's it, isn't it? That's all she really thinks she had left to say to him for now. She begins to walk away from him, careful steps and they become more confident when she feels exactly that in her own last words to him for the moment.
It's not a satisfying ending for her, but she didn't think there would be one when faced with him in the first place. She does -- she thinks she does, at least -- understand him a little better. Though how much of it she will think about later, well, that would depend on how much time she has to herself after it. ]
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She would have done things like this. Then they would have argued and Hythlodaeus would have -
Would have but no longer can because of Her. Venat. Hydaelyn. The longer She plays this game and sends champions, the longer it will take to have what he has lost returned to him. It's upsetting, truly. Vexing, absolutely. No apologies offered can soothe that loss nor that ache. He would love to lash out and put it out there as plain as day, but he doesn't. No, it isn't the time. None of them remember so it wouldn't have any meaning.
But that, maybe, is what he keeps hoping for. That a sliver of those that he once loved could remain in that which is present in the now. A false hope that keeps beating him down.
He bites his tongue. Doesn't speak. Nothing productive or helpful would come out of it at the moment. So instead he stands. He won't disappear, but he's likely not going to follow any longer. Just allow the girl to walk of and he can stand there, ruminating and boiling in his thoughts and emotions. ]
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Thank you for listening and I do hope you enjoy your cookie, whatever to choose to with it in the end. I made it myself. But... Be kinder to yourself, Emet-Selch. Shutting people out is easier, but not worth it in the end. I should know at least that much.
[ That's it, isn't it? That's all she really thinks she had left to say to him for now. She begins to walk away from him, careful steps and they become more confident when she feels exactly that in her own last words to him for the moment.
It's not a satisfying ending for her, but she didn't think there would be one when faced with him in the first place. She does -- she thinks she does, at least -- understand him a little better. Though how much of it she will think about later, well, that would depend on how much time she has to herself after it. ]