All he could really do in the end was the best job that was possible.
[he's quiet for a moment, as the vines slither away, and Merlin glances to watch them go.]
The same goes for us. We were fighting certain doom. No way to save that world. And yet, even so, we made something of a miracle happen. We saw what could have been the beginnings of reconciliation start to take place. And more people lived than were meant to have died.
[that was a gain. a victory, in every life preserved. that Akvos would be remembered, would continue on in the blood of its people hidden in a new world.]
Overturning that is no small thing. We did pretty good, against those odds.
[it's not specifically for Shiro that he's speaking, but for the rest of the Circle. the grief that hung in the halls like fog. innocence and hopeful dreams that weren't tempered with reality and the vastness of the task before them. and it's for himself, to be a reminder that not everything had to be perfect.]
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[he's quiet for a moment, as the vines slither away, and Merlin glances to watch them go.]
The same goes for us. We were fighting certain doom. No way to save that world. And yet, even so, we made something of a miracle happen. We saw what could have been the beginnings of reconciliation start to take place. And more people lived than were meant to have died.
[that was a gain. a victory, in every life preserved. that Akvos would be remembered, would continue on in the blood of its people hidden in a new world.]
Overturning that is no small thing. We did pretty good, against those odds.
[it's not specifically for Shiro that he's speaking, but for the rest of the Circle. the grief that hung in the halls like fog. innocence and hopeful dreams that weren't tempered with reality and the vastness of the task before them. and it's for himself, to be a reminder that not everything had to be perfect.]