That does not invalidate looking back upon the weeks where I did not! I-
[...nngh. he hates admitting to this so much.]
...you knew you had others here, the entire time. Regardless of the fact that you were unable to tell them so. As it turned out, I only thought that I did.
You shouldn't rely on assumed allies, in any situation. The moment you do, you allow yourself to be stricken by the tail end of the snake as much as the head.
[ unfortunately, gu yun is not the type of person to look to for sympathy in these situations. he's too pragmatic. ] That is to say that complacency begets failure.
[ gu yun's relaxed expression sharpens with that, in the "you do not want to carry that part of this conversation any further or you will regret it" sort of way.
[his own expression narrows a bit in turn, evaluating him, but-- emet-selch doesn't know enough about the man to read the reason behind the look. whether it's just that someone he knew was possessed for that murder, or something else.]
What, did you expect the Keeper of the Underworld itself would accept a death such as this? I mean to see my soul returned to the world it belongs to, one way or another.
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[listen he's been having to deal with the other side of this]
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[ its been EIGHT WEEKS ]
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[...nngh. he hates admitting to this so much.]
...you knew you had others here, the entire time. Regardless of the fact that you were unable to tell them so. As it turned out, I only thought that I did.
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[ unfortunately, gu yun is not the type of person to look to for sympathy in these situations. he's too pragmatic. ] That is to say that complacency begets failure.
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[well. he stops briefly there, because he hates thinking about his death; his brow furrows, arms folding.]
...it was well placed.
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[ gu yun's relaxed expression sharpens with that, in the "you do not want to carry that part of this conversation any further or you will regret it" sort of way.
moving on. ]
At any rate. Your focus should only be forward.
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I assure you, it is, despite what we have heard.
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anyway. it relaxes just a smidge with that. all 7r are insane about each other. ]
What have you heard?
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That there is nothing to be done for us.
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[ sometimes
you're extremely anti religion and you've been made to pretend to be religious for eight weeks ]
I've more faith in the abilities of man than anything else, so stick to that and you'll do fine.
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[hello? why are mortals the way they are.]
The soul is man, as far as my own knowledge is concerned, so I suppose in the end it is close enough.
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