"I... don't know?" he picks his head up and finally looks at Phillip, "You are the one who speaks about my regret, who talks about me coming to my senses. Is there a problem? I made my peace with this the same night I saw your necklace. I'd not have let you stay close otherwise."
He sighs, settles back down to Phillip's chest.
"Don't misunderstand, the complication isn't in my heart, it's in all the rest of it. I'm going to die trying to save the world, like every other bearer of the Echo, like every other Warrior of Light," he says it so plainly, "It scares me, but tis the truth, and there's naught to be done about it. The likelihood that it will be an Ascian that kills me, directly or indirectly, is so high as to be nigh indisputable. But then I will be in the aetherial sea, beyond caring, and you will be here. Can you blame me for not wishing that fate on you?"
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He sighs, settles back down to Phillip's chest.
"Don't misunderstand, the complication isn't in my heart, it's in all the rest of it. I'm going to die trying to save the world, like every other bearer of the Echo, like every other Warrior of Light," he says it so plainly, "It scares me, but tis the truth, and there's naught to be done about it. The likelihood that it will be an Ascian that kills me, directly or indirectly, is so high as to be nigh indisputable. But then I will be in the aetherial sea, beyond caring, and you will be here. Can you blame me for not wishing that fate on you?"