Because she knows that Percival would stop refracting... He would return to himself and see what he had done. Maybe she can picture him beside himself, mulling and stewing in his deeds. This comforts her as she chooses this path. Like before, not that she remembers, this scenario repeats countless of times. First, with memory of the past cycles, but then she forgets bit by bit. Every cycle becomes new and fresh, then the knowledge that people can be saved from refraction gone. The hope and knowledge of the dead still being among them... Gone. Death. Death is now permanent to her as she forgets.
Not every cycle is the same. She tries all she can, she makes different choices, she even approaches Percival before he makes his accusation. Maybe, in some instances, she reassures Percival she is on his side. They are allies, friends. She will always be, so don't... Throw her away like this. Jiuqing is a person, not an obstacle.
Yet Percival makes the same choices with no remorse to be found in his steely gaze. He points at her, he accuses her, he makes all of the Prism condemn her, and he kills her. She dies in execution each loop, struggling—"death" becomes the last embrace she would ever have.
The question comes again...
If he'll be alright, it's worth it.
WASITWORTHIT?
If he'll be alright, it's worth it.
Her answer should be the same, shouldn't it? She still has that naive, foolish hope because each betrayal was new. It was "once," but like before all of her memories flood in as she ponders on the question again.
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Because she knows that Percival would stop refracting... He would return to himself and see what he had done. Maybe she can picture him beside himself, mulling and stewing in his deeds. This comforts her as she chooses this path. Like before, not that she remembers, this scenario repeats countless of times. First, with memory of the past cycles, but then she forgets bit by bit. Every cycle becomes new and fresh, then the knowledge that people can be saved from refraction gone. The hope and knowledge of the dead still being among them... Gone. Death. Death is now permanent to her as she forgets.
Not every cycle is the same. She tries all she can, she makes different choices, she even approaches Percival before he makes his accusation. Maybe, in some instances, she reassures Percival she is on his side. They are allies, friends. She will always be, so don't... Throw her away like this. Jiuqing is a person, not an obstacle.
Yet Percival makes the same choices with no remorse to be found in his steely gaze. He points at her, he accuses her, he makes all of the Prism condemn her, and he kills her. She dies in execution each loop, struggling—"death" becomes the last embrace she would ever have.
The question comes again...
Her answer should be the same, shouldn't it? She still has that naive, foolish hope because each betrayal was new. It was "once," but like before all of her memories flood in as she ponders on the question again.
Was it worth it? ]