Of course I'm useful. I wouldn't be kept around if I was not.
[of course he kept himself alive, because by now, he could not die. long life was given to him, and now it would be even longer.]
But I ask of you, how many years have you passed on the earth, watching it turn? How many times in those years have you placed your own lovely neck to the blade? Self-preservation is a common instinct in the living - only true fools rush toward skewering themselves for nothing, and I don't take you for a fool.
[that insufferable smile is still there, almost sweet were it not for the eyes looking at her as though they aimed to see directly through. standing up slowly,]
The world is far greater than one person can see trusting only their own sight - to stand at the center, one forsakes everything else beyond their gaze for their power. Thus they rely on other eyes to see and bring back the truth. And a true advisor knows that he is an accessory, and there are more of those.
[so he takes no insult in being told he is replaceable. but, he still has his confidence in the power he brings, in the knowledge, in how he sees through the world. that power did guide the shape of things, into the best, most beautiful outcome.]
Perhaps you could wound me better if your heart was not so blindingly obvious. Everything about you screams your truths and what you carry - that you see the world as your enemy. Doesn't that get exhausting?
[that declared, he turns away, starting to walk off in a new direction with staff in hand.]
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[of course he kept himself alive, because by now, he could not die. long life was given to him, and now it would be even longer.]
But I ask of you, how many years have you passed on the earth, watching it turn? How many times in those years have you placed your own lovely neck to the blade? Self-preservation is a common instinct in the living - only true fools rush toward skewering themselves for nothing, and I don't take you for a fool.
[that insufferable smile is still there, almost sweet were it not for the eyes looking at her as though they aimed to see directly through. standing up slowly,]
The world is far greater than one person can see trusting only their own sight - to stand at the center, one forsakes everything else beyond their gaze for their power. Thus they rely on other eyes to see and bring back the truth. And a true advisor knows that he is an accessory, and there are more of those.
[so he takes no insult in being told he is replaceable. but, he still has his confidence in the power he brings, in the knowledge, in how he sees through the world. that power did guide the shape of things, into the best, most beautiful outcome.]
Perhaps you could wound me better if your heart was not so blindingly obvious. Everything about you screams your truths and what you carry - that you see the world as your enemy. Doesn't that get exhausting?
[that declared, he turns away, starting to walk off in a new direction with staff in hand.]