...They weren't real. [weren't they? but he says it with the sort of certainty of someone who believes it.] Whoever's behind it -- they were just fucking with us.
That whole adventure felt personal, but not for us. It was something from Gideon and Harrow's world.
[Rynlan has a point, though Lavi's trying so hard not to accept it. It wasn't an awful thing, if it wasn't real, right? All those hurts -- just imagined. Meaningless in the scheme of things.]
...Yeah. I could feel their emotions sometimes, like it was one of their memories. I saw Harrow's name too -- written behind a painting.
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[that's not the kind of choice anyone should ever have to make.]
I'm sorry, Lavi.
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...They weren't real. [weren't they? but he says it with the sort of certainty of someone who believes it.] Whoever's behind it -- they were just fucking with us.
That whole adventure felt personal, but not for us. It was something from Gideon and Harrow's world.
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[slightly more forceful, there, but- he exhales slowly. calm. it's fine.]
You're sure it was theirs?
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...Yeah. I could feel their emotions sometimes, like it was one of their memories. I saw Harrow's name too -- written behind a painting.
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[after a few moments:]
-are you going to be all right?
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...Yeah. Just need to clear my mind and get some rest.
[wow it's curfew tonight huh]
Ask me again tomorrow, yeah?
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[he might be a retired healer but the instincts are still there...]
But I'll be checking on you tomorrow as well.
[IF WE'RE BOTH ALIVE,]