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[tenebraecious]

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[mind_blown]

And what goal was that...?

[he lightly runs a hand through the end strands of her hair]

[tenebraecious]

It is complicated, buried deep within the lore of my world. You truly wish to know?

[mind_blown]

We got all night, don't we?

[tenebraecious]

I suppose that we do.

[appreciative noise]

From what I have gathered, my world is cursed by a darkness without end. That infects and plagues the people. The same that I have . . .

[mind_blown]

[he glances at her arm briefly, and he lightly squeezes her hand]

I see.

[tenebraecious]

[pulling her arm slightly closer to her body, reflexive]

So, I, as an emissary to the gods was meant to go before them and ask that they lend their power to a chosen king who would be able, through his might and that of the gods to vanquish the darkness.

However, it had grown too strong. Beyond their power, so I was tasked with that mission in place of my king. To kill the person who supposedly kept darkness alive in our world.

[mind_blown]

... This person wouldn't happen to be here, would he?

[he's searching her face for something here, trying to understand]

[tenebraecious]

[uncomfortable and showing it, straightening up]

He would. Absinthe. But the god who gave me that mission also deceived me. The manner how the king was meant to banish darkness was held secret from me.

[mind_blown]

Do you know why?

[he's listening, though he does notice the shift]

[tenebraecious]

Because it required the life of the king to be realized.

[mind_blown]

[he's not the smartest guy out there, and so there's a look of confusion when she puts it that way]

Realized in this context means.... what?

[tenebraecious]

To end the darkness, the king had to forsake his life in order to slay Absinthe. I did not know that he was expected to die, nor that Absinthe was the believed to be the cause of the scourge on our world.

[mind_blown]

And you said all of this was based on a lie.

[tenebraecious]

No, it was an omission. I knew the king would banish the darkness. I did not know how.

[mind_blown]

A lie by omission is still a lie.

[tenebraecious]

It is. So, I do not know how responsible Absinthe is for anything that happened in my world. Nor do I have any desire to see his end when I do not know what will become of it.

[mind_blown]

Reasonable.

[he squeezes her hand lightly again, and then turns to face her more fully]

You've got time to figure that out here.

[tenebraecious]

[can't help a half smile at him, cheered]

Yes, I do. And I plan to make full use of it.

[mind_blown]

[and that in turn gets a smile out of him.]

Good.

[don't do it his way-- taking too many memories, too fast]

[tenebraecious]

[is pacting with your canon villain to take all memories the right way??? considering Jay for a beat for settling down again]

I am sorry if that was too much.

[mind_blown]

Nah. It was fine.

[he hasn't went into any of the things from his memories yet, but. he knows complicated messes.

or maybe not even complicated messes.]

Why would it be too much?

[tenebraecious]

I do not often have company in my memories. And I am ever aware of my position. It seemed that it weighed heavily upon me.

[mind_blown]

Well...

I don't often have company in my memories, either.

So, we have that in common.

[look, he says it, but there's a light half-shrug there.]

But I felt at my best when I did. So... Don't worry about sharing.

[tenebraecious]

I will do my best not to. And you? Since you feel better with company, will you return to Bad End tomorrow?

[mind_blown]

We'll see.

[he's a little more evasive about that]