"Hm," he finally looks up from Zaika for a moment, though he continues to lavish her with attention all the same, "I won't tell you something trite about any of this," he says after a moment, "I like not our chances, if I'm honest. But a battle isn't won or lost on any single person. If I die because you faltered, it is because I also was overextended. That is no fault of your own."
And then, because he does not, cannot know the truth of it, but he can feel that there's something else there, wound into the melody,
"If we fail and people die for that failing, surely they would have come to harm anyway. We fight for a cause that is hardly painted in shades of grey, not anymore. Or at least, I believe that. And I think any man or woman here would agree with me. If we fail, it will not be because we did not believe, or that we did not try. There is no shame in that."
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Date: 2021-01-13 11:15 pm (UTC)And then, because he does not, cannot know the truth of it, but he can feel that there's something else there, wound into the melody,
"If we fail and people die for that failing, surely they would have come to harm anyway. We fight for a cause that is hardly painted in shades of grey, not anymore. Or at least, I believe that. And I think any man or woman here would agree with me. If we fail, it will not be because we did not believe, or that we did not try. There is no shame in that."