[ dextera sympathizes with that feeling, not from his own experience, because he knows it’s exactly what the absolute god has done to his world. he can see the peace offered in delusion.
but there will always be people like the archangel, too, who resent and fear the things that they can’t control. the regent has managed to refine the kenoma into something they can use for their own gain, but the pleroma has run wild—and despite the protests of the people who responded to him, dextera thinks there is a point in laying the blame of the plague at the feet of the pleroma. ]
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[ dextera breathes deeply, and this time, when he sighs, he does seem to truly be releasing tension. there’s a question he wants to ask abel, now that they’re on the topic, even if it’s not a polite inquiry. with his shard still tucked safely away, where he can’t feel the onslaught of concerns his way, he can only use his gestures.
turning to abel, he reaches out and presses his fingers to abel’s chest. did abel suffer? did the sickness offer him some solace, too? ]
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but there will always be people like the archangel, too, who resent and fear the things that they can’t control. the regent has managed to refine the kenoma into something they can use for their own gain, but the pleroma has run wild—and despite the protests of the people who responded to him, dextera thinks there is a point in laying the blame of the plague at the feet of the pleroma. ]
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[ dextera breathes deeply, and this time, when he sighs, he does seem to truly be releasing tension. there’s a question he wants to ask abel, now that they’re on the topic, even if it’s not a polite inquiry. with his shard still tucked safely away, where he can’t feel the onslaught of concerns his way, he can only use his gestures.
turning to abel, he reaches out and presses his fingers to abel’s chest. did abel suffer? did the sickness offer him some solace, too? ]