[It could've been another point of insult. How could he be alright when he was dead, when returning would mean nothing but a resuming of that state? When all he had here was a time unknown to him? It would be easy to do nothing but dwell on it, wait for it, but--]
--But it's valuable, this. Even if it's only for a little while.
[A sigh of a breath stirs her hair, and he strokes her back slowly with one hand.]
I won't say it's quite relaxing yet. But I suddenly have been given a lot of free time, being no longer called to accomplish something impossible.
[Technically his days were as full or empty as they ever were, but it felt different, to not have them weighted down in the same way, aware of all that he was meant to save but was unable to reach.]
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[It could've been another point of insult. How could he be alright when he was dead, when returning would mean nothing but a resuming of that state? When all he had here was a time unknown to him? It would be easy to do nothing but dwell on it, wait for it, but--]
--But it's valuable, this. Even if it's only for a little while.
[A sigh of a breath stirs her hair, and he strokes her back slowly with one hand.]
I won't say it's quite relaxing yet. But I suddenly have been given a lot of free time, being no longer called to accomplish something impossible.
[Technically his days were as full or empty as they ever were, but it felt different, to not have them weighted down in the same way, aware of all that he was meant to save but was unable to reach.]