That's...that's not a problem. That's not a bug, that's a feature, which...bizarrely, appears to be how the Ring-Spirit feels about something Atem is positive is a bug.]
Even if I could check out like that, whenever I wanted...I can't afford to! There's too much to do, too much at stake. If I miss something that might make something down the line easier, or, more importantly, help me find a way out -- I'd never forgive myself!
Because I was paying attention, I avoided being truly captured by the trees, and could get some of my friends out early.
And...
[A breath, out, then in again, to speak.]
Yugi...he's got the hunger now. His time's nearly up, before he's got to kill someone. I'm going to do all I can to help him, but...I can't lose my good judgment. Not now.
[Not ever.
He looks back up at the Ring-Spirit.]
I'm not breaking. I can handle it.
[He says, believing it. Vampire arrogance is a hell of a drug.
He can handle not resting, even though other people certainly need to. He can handle spending all of August regretting not going to the beach with Steve in July. He knows how much needs to be done to make sure that none of his people go without something needed that he could have given them, taking precautions for October, laying the groundwork to be a monster among monsters, sending a message through Fabius Bile of what happens when someone in this group gets hurt...
He can do all this without falling into the kind of despair that makes you desperate, that makes you make mistakes, that makes you hate Ryslig and willing to do anything to stop what's happening to you. Because he's him. He's someone who can be counted on, no matter what. He'll figure it out. He has to.]
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Date: 2021-10-10 12:27 am (UTC)Atem's brows furrow.
That's...that's not a problem. That's not a bug, that's a feature, which...bizarrely, appears to be how the Ring-Spirit feels about something Atem is positive is a bug.]
Even if I could check out like that, whenever I wanted...I can't afford to! There's too much to do, too much at stake. If I miss something that might make something down the line easier, or, more importantly, help me find a way out -- I'd never forgive myself!
Because I was paying attention, I avoided being truly captured by the trees, and could get some of my friends out early.
And...
[A breath, out, then in again, to speak.]
Yugi...he's got the hunger now. His time's nearly up, before he's got to kill someone. I'm going to do all I can to help him, but...I can't lose my good judgment. Not now.
[Not ever.
He looks back up at the Ring-Spirit.]
I'm not breaking. I can handle it.
[He says, believing it. Vampire arrogance is a hell of a drug.
He can handle not resting, even though other people certainly need to. He can handle spending all of August regretting not going to the beach with Steve in July. He knows how much needs to be done to make sure that none of his people go without something needed that he could have given them, taking precautions for October, laying the groundwork to be a monster among monsters, sending a message through Fabius Bile of what happens when someone in this group gets hurt...
He can do all this without falling into the kind of despair that makes you desperate, that makes you make mistakes, that makes you hate Ryslig and willing to do anything to stop what's happening to you. Because he's him. He's someone who can be counted on, no matter what. He'll figure it out. He has to.]