it explains a lot. it explains a lot about riff's behaviors and the way he's hidden away, about his relationship with bass, about the way bass handled death when they talked about it, before. the wing around riff's shoulder drapes now fully like a blanket, warm and soft and comforting, feathers ruffled and gently rippling with those thin white and red strings. ]
Fuck. [ he says, at first, soft and succinct. survivor's guilt is not something vax has as much familiarity with - he is, after all, the one who dies when he's not supposed to. the one time he was truly faced with it, he immediately turned around and sacrificed his everything to save his sister.
vax is quiet for a long moment, letting the weight of that settle in. ]
'm sorry, Riff. [ softer; ] Guessing trying again'd just make it worse?
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it explains a lot. it explains a lot about riff's behaviors and the way he's hidden away, about his relationship with bass, about the way bass handled death when they talked about it, before. the wing around riff's shoulder drapes now fully like a blanket, warm and soft and comforting, feathers ruffled and gently rippling with those thin white and red strings. ]
Fuck. [ he says, at first, soft and succinct. survivor's guilt is not something vax has as much familiarity with - he is, after all, the one who dies when he's not supposed to. the one time he was truly faced with it, he immediately turned around and sacrificed his everything to save his sister.
vax is quiet for a long moment, letting the weight of that settle in. ]
'm sorry, Riff. [ softer; ] Guessing trying again'd just make it worse?