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[betrayedblade]

I will...be all right.

I will be all right.

I am all right.

I know...that I am being affected by whatever this is.

But I wanted to inform my...friends ...that I am doing my best to ignore it. So hard. It is not real. I know this... thanks to all of you. And... I will continue to stay inside where I am safest, to stay out of trouble. Prometto.

[He takes an audibly deep breath and releases it shakily.]

Ezio... Thank you.



I'm sorry, Maria...

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[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

That--

[ "--'s LORD Eald'narche to you."

No; this person isn't Wolfgang. Focus. ]

...you need not apologize. This madness was not your doing; you are not at fault.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

I acted ill. That is my fault and mine alone.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

We all did. The fault is no one's, not even yours.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

There is no excuse. I won't accept it.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

Then what will you accept?

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

[Perfection?] Nothing less than my best.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

Then put this behind you. Dwelling over your mistakes will bring you nothing.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Learning from a mistake is the only way to survive in life.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

Unless that mistake kills you, of course.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

And how, pray tell, will this kill me?

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

. . .

By consuming you. Making you lose yourself.

[ Actually, he's not entirely sure himself. ]

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

I suppose my character could die. But I would hardly forfeit my life so easily.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

[ You may not see it, but he's nodding. ]

There is more than one way to die. Some already have, without even knowing it.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

...

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I'm not fluent in that tongue, Giovanni.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Tua perdita.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

I realize you are distressed, but would you please speak in a language that I'm capable of comprehending?

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Why.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

...because I don't know anything that you're saying otherwise?

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Hn.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

Alright, alright. Fine. I'll let you be if that's what you want. Ul'ghrah.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Molto bene, giovane. As you say.

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

Hmph. I was getting a bit tired of hearing Wolfgang's voice anyway. It doesn't suit you.

[betrayedblade.livejournal.com]

Who are you hallucinating, piccolo?

[crystal-eyed.livejournal.com]

Wolfgang. He was captain of the Ducal Guard in Jeuno, where I used to live. A bit of a stiff, but he was good at what he did.