Whether it's naïve or not, it's good of you. Because I wouldn't be telling you any of this if I didn't believe it.
[The conviction he's been showing this entire time doesn't waver; it doesn't falter, just as it hasn't for the other discussions he's had about this. All of this simply is what it is - something he has a lot of emotional stake in, surely, but moreover something that he's willing to die in the defense of.]
I can speak to the solace that comes after, because I've experienced it. Perhaps not in the way that you're asking about, but I've known the suffering the Regent speaks of. I understand the uncertainty that comes with the idea of facing the end, the sort that makes you hate yourself, because you're supposed to know better than this. The fear. That's probably the worst, the fear. It's the last thing that remains, by the way. The last block to letting go and just letting things progress.
I've known what it's like, and I've seen what's at the end of it. It's peace; that much I promise you.
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[The conviction he's been showing this entire time doesn't waver; it doesn't falter, just as it hasn't for the other discussions he's had about this. All of this simply is what it is - something he has a lot of emotional stake in, surely, but moreover something that he's willing to die in the defense of.]
I can speak to the solace that comes after, because I've experienced it. Perhaps not in the way that you're asking about, but I've known the suffering the Regent speaks of. I understand the uncertainty that comes with the idea of facing the end, the sort that makes you hate yourself, because you're supposed to know better than this. The fear. That's probably the worst, the fear. It's the last thing that remains, by the way. The last block to letting go and just letting things progress.
I've known what it's like, and I've seen what's at the end of it. It's peace; that much I promise you.