betenoir: (Disgust)

finished endgame myself so this will be good

[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-16 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[He would do anything to solve this problem. Curse himself for being too weak to fix everything by himself? Always. But he has killed for her. He would put her welfare first. Always.]

I suppose you are.

You would speak to me?


<small[To him of all people?]
fortunesfury: (Care)

Re: finished endgame myself so this will be good

[personal profile] fortunesfury 2025-05-16 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
We haven't exactly been left with very many to speak to.

[And she knew how painful it was to lose a child she hadn't even met-Sciel found it hard to imagine the pain Renoir would feel if he lost Maelle.]

Do you really think she isn't strong enough, though? To stay with us?
betenoir: (Default)

oops my html

[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-16 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
No. What I think is that ignorant girl should stop playing in her fairytale playground and go home. She should stop ruining lives that are of no concern to her.

[Look, her and her family have torn his apart. Isn't he right to be more than a little upset?]
fortunesfury: (Resolute)

Re: oops my html

[personal profile] fortunesfury 2025-05-16 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
And what of our lives?
betenoir: (Dogmatic)

lost track of this. sorry for the delay!

[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-16 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry your lives are caught in the middle. But you really don't understand anything. It's better for you that way.
fortunesfury: (Crossed)

No worries!

[personal profile] fortunesfury 2025-05-16 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Just being killed is better than understanding?
betenoir: (Default)

[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-17 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, sometimes. There are fates are worse than death in this world.
fortunesfury: (Care)

[personal profile] fortunesfury 2025-05-17 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
And you're happy to decide for us which of those we wind up with? It hardly seems reasonable of you.

Anyway, the answer to your first question-compassion. Try a little compassion, and I think you might get a chance to chat.
betenoir: (Stressed)

[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-17 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Do you suppose I lack compassion? Or can you accept that even a man like myself feels compassionate once in a while?

[By which he means.]

I have more than a little compassion to spare, believe me.

[What he does have to share is love. But is that the same?]
fortunesfury: (Crossed)

[personal profile] fortunesfury 2025-05-17 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Contrary to this particular conversation, I don't believe you lack compassion.

But I do believe you could show it more, especially to those who seem disinclined to speak with you.
betenoir: (Afraid)

[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-17 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
So you suggest I talk without her being able to respond?

[It is hard to accept the need for compassion when, were he better as a husband and a father, this situation wouldn't need compassion.]
fortunesfury: (Resolute)

[personal profile] fortunesfury 2025-05-18 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Is she unable to respond, or unwilling? The way you started the conversation made me think the latter.
betenoir: (Default)

[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-18 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
The situation is complicated.

I am afaid she is lost in her own grief. Leaving us to drown while drowning herself.


[They share the bond of losing someone, but these days it feels like don't even share that experience.]
fortunesfury: (Hip)

[personal profile] fortunesfury 2025-05-18 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
All the more reason to show compassion.
betenoir: (Love)

[personal profile] betenoir 2025-05-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
All the more reason to show dedication.

[For him, compassion and dedication are intimate fellows. His devotion to ensuring Aline's happiness is compassionate. But is it truly compassion? This woman might not agree.]