( Ohhh this is about his goddess, isn't it... He tucks away this lore.
Hwy listens, with interest. The mist dissipates as Ish speaks, leaving Hwy at a neutral - nothing in particular projected. It seems to him that Ish has a lot in his heart - and, possibly, no one to talk to about it. And if what he said as Witch was right, then he may not have seen this goddess, this love, this madonna, for awhile, either... because of what humans have done.
But he's met a lot of people like this - people who are so wrapped up in their own hearts they cannot see the things beyond it. It isolates them.
For all Ish claims to be more than a child, his refutation sounds, to Hwylryn, at his age, like the calls of a sad one. )
Ish. Witch of Ruin, and our host, and devotee of his Goddess— Ish.
Our relationship with love is very different.
I offered you my price with the motive of equity. You know quite a bit about me - possibly, because I've shared it all and I cannot recall. Lying to you would be silly, right?
I love Akira. I love my brother. I love Melissa. These are all things that are true to me.
( And not all his loves are equal, no. This is why he offered to trade Melissa for Akira, and not his twin for Akira.
This is why he offered to trade Melissa, and not the recollection of even the bracelets.
It is his love of Gwawlyn that is lynchpin and foundational. If there is a love that overwhelms him, it is for him and him alone.
Akira is not worth that. He will only trade Melissa for this. )
I won't tell you that I'm sorry what happened to you, because you have found a way to get on. Right? You resent them, and so you carry on in this way. You love her, so you carry on as you do. Tragedy happens, and it has.
I am mired in my own tragedies of love. It sounds to me you aren't.
And so, I am happy for you.
But it means we're not alike. And I'm not like these other voices you address, who deride you and pity you.
I am only Hwylryn, and I'm balancing my own loves on a scale, as much as it may hurt. I like learning more of you, but when it comes to these matters of business... Please understand, I have my hands full thinking of myself.
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Hwy listens, with interest. The mist dissipates as Ish speaks, leaving Hwy at a neutral - nothing in particular projected. It seems to him that Ish has a lot in his heart - and, possibly, no one to talk to about it. And if what he said as Witch was right, then he may not have seen this goddess, this love, this madonna, for awhile, either... because of what humans have done.
But he's met a lot of people like this - people who are so wrapped up in their own hearts they cannot see the things beyond it. It isolates them.
For all Ish claims to be more than a child, his refutation sounds, to Hwylryn, at his age, like the calls of a sad one. )
Ish. Witch of Ruin, and our host, and devotee of his Goddess— Ish.
Our relationship with love is very different.
I offered you my price with the motive of equity. You know quite a bit about me - possibly, because I've shared it all and I cannot recall. Lying to you would be silly, right?
I love Akira. I love my brother. I love Melissa. These are all things that are true to me.
( And not all his loves are equal, no. This is why he offered to trade Melissa for Akira, and not his twin for Akira.
This is why he offered to trade Melissa, and not the recollection of even the bracelets.
It is his love of Gwawlyn that is lynchpin and foundational. If there is a love that overwhelms him, it is for him and him alone.
Akira is not worth that. He will only trade Melissa for this. )
I won't tell you that I'm sorry what happened to you, because you have found a way to get on. Right? You resent them, and so you carry on in this way. You love her, so you carry on as you do. Tragedy happens, and it has.
I am mired in my own tragedies of love. It sounds to me you aren't.
And so, I am happy for you.
But it means we're not alike. And I'm not like these other voices you address, who deride you and pity you.
I am only Hwylryn, and I'm balancing my own loves on a scale, as much as it may hurt. I like learning more of you, but when it comes to these matters of business... Please understand, I have my hands full thinking of myself.