That's how I ended up here in the first place. [ a sort of wide gesture - maybe not at the prism, but at a much more broad 'here'. ] I did it, and I chose it, and I don't fucking regret it.

[ no matter how much it hurts, even now. but to feel like it was nothing, like it doesn't even matter and that vex has ended up miserable and alone is a torrent of an emotional storm that is almost too much to handle.

and "i have purpose" - doesn't that just hit home, too? the very concept he struggled with his entire life. finding a place of belonging, and eventually, finding his place at the raven queen's side. purpose. ]

She was mine. [ vex. it's only "was'" because he's gone. ] I - I have to find a way to get Percy back to her, no matter what it takes.