lordoftheozarks | cw: tangential mention of suicidal idiology (Reply)

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The question gets an immediate response, César sitting up straighter with wider eyes. No, he hadn't. But the skills he learned under Black Knight means he can force his mind back to listening rather than retreating within himself.

By the end, César looks mildly distraught. "I-I hadn't thought of it that way. Yes, it resonates. Maybe too much." His eyes unfocus as he recalls back to everything that's happened. "... I only survived by the smallest sliver, when I didn't expect to survive at all. It would mean mourning my entire former self, because in that framework... he died entirely. It would mean I truly lost everything that mattered."