[ while Abel cannot excuse the consequences of the Innocence's ailment as it spread through the whole of Horos... identifying that this had not been a manifestation of some malice or ill-intent had softened the blow for him. he knows there are many who may not see things as he does - may not be willing to forgive or justify any of the suffering wrought, the lives lost, but... it seems Dextera, too, understands there was some measure of clumsy kindness in it.
misguided, yes... but knowing their suffering had not come from a place of vitriol makes a difference. doesn't it? ]
You... you feel more strongly about this than most.
[ Abel can feel it in the desperate curl of those fingers in the fabric of his tunic, and he doesn't need the communion to have it spoken to him: what Dextera experienced was a special kind of painful. but...
...it was also a gift, wasn't it? to see the face of a loved one long gone, to have that connection again--
the priest understands better than most precisely why Dextera's expression is twisted in such a way. ]
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misguided, yes... but knowing their suffering had not come from a place of vitriol makes a difference. doesn't it? ]
You... you feel more strongly about this than most.
[ Abel can feel it in the desperate curl of those fingers in the fabric of his tunic, and he doesn't need the communion to have it spoken to him: what Dextera experienced was a special kind of painful. but...
...it was also a gift, wasn't it? to see the face of a loved one long gone, to have that connection again--
the priest understands better than most precisely why Dextera's expression is twisted in such a way. ]