Through none of this, none of it, has Gustavain sounded bitter. Even when he'd asked about Phillip killing him, even when the only way he could see this ending was the foulest of betrayals, he'd been resigned to it, genuinely grateful for Phillip's kindness, even. But here, the bitterness seeps into everything,
"Would that it were," he says, and the words hurt coming out, but he owes them to Phillip, "Everyone else who tries to bear it with me, falls. There's a trail of the dead behind me, sacrificed in the name of getting me here. I've never asked anyone to die for me, to even fight for me, but they do. And every time, I'm too weak to stop them."
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Date: 2021-04-11 07:52 pm (UTC)"Would that it were," he says, and the words hurt coming out, but he owes them to Phillip, "Everyone else who tries to bear it with me, falls. There's a trail of the dead behind me, sacrificed in the name of getting me here. I've never asked anyone to die for me, to even fight for me, but they do. And every time, I'm too weak to stop them."