As I recall, you asked me not so very long ago why the one to survive shouldn't be me.
[He nudges closer again; he's well into Rynlan's personal space by now.]
One of the demons asked me once what criteria I thought should go into choosing the attendees for this upcoming party we've been promised. What traits would make a deserving recipient. I told them I wouldn't choose even if I could. Because delving into notions of deciding who deserves to live and who doesn't will only lead to madness.
He didn't do it because you were more deserving than him. He wanted you to live. And whether that decision was noble or selfish or right or wrong — it was his, and he made it out of love.
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[He nudges closer again; he's well into Rynlan's personal space by now.]
One of the demons asked me once what criteria I thought should go into choosing the attendees for this upcoming party we've been promised. What traits would make a deserving recipient. I told them I wouldn't choose even if I could. Because delving into notions of deciding who deserves to live and who doesn't will only lead to madness.
He didn't do it because you were more deserving than him. He wanted you to live. And whether that decision was noble or selfish or right or wrong — it was his, and he made it out of love.