basilio

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[rippled]

... oh.

I'm sorry for bringing it up.

[berserketype]

[ on the bright side, he's the first person to hear about this! wow! ]

Nah, it's fine. You didn't know. She was incredible, but-- well. I hadn't seen her in ages.

[ ... ]

Still, feels kinda sad when you think about stuff goin' unsaid, yeah?

[rippled]

... yes, it is.

[ can't believe teasing del lead to this. ]

It's not the same scenario, but... I had a wife who passed away.

[berserketype]

[ mg twists and turns you will always be iconic. ]

... oh shite, I'm sorry, Saber.

[rippled]

Well, it happened a while ago. But it's still a loss that is difficult to process.

But what I really mean to say... I'm sorry it happened. And if you ever want to talk about it with anyone...

[berserketype]

It don't reckon it was like... losin' a wife or anythin'. I hadn't seen Lady Rella in a while, but... I kinda figured we just always be around, y'know?

And then half of us weren't. Kinda naive thinkin', honestly.

[rippled]

... maybe a bit naive, but I don't think there's anything wrong with that. We all think that and have no reason not to until something happens.

[ so.

it's normal, basically. ]

[berserketype]

Yeah, an' then it happens all at once.

[ ... ]

Your wife-- uh, sorry, you don't haveta answer if you don't want to. But what happened to her?

[rippled]

We were sailing and a storm hit us. It was the gods, and we were about to sink. She decided to leap out of the boat to calm them with a sacrifice.

[ ... ]

It worked.

[berserketype]

[ ....


LITERALLY NOT WHAT HE WAS EXPECTING THEM TO SAY HE'S JUST STARING LIKE :PIKASHOOK: ]

[rippled]

[ YEAH......... ]

Sorry.

[ for making it awkward... ]

[berserketype]

[ ok well firstly -- ]

Bloody hell, don't apologise. Just when you said she died, I didn't expect it to be somethin' like... sacrifice.

[ weh. ]

[rippled]

She was always the kind of person who would prefer to make her own decisions, so she didn't really hesitate.

[ it's said a little fondly, but mostly sad. ]

[berserketype]

[ sounds like someone else he knows, so he can't say much of anything really. ]

Sad, but... better than it bein' someone she had to do without choice?

[rippled]

... I suppose. I wouldn't want her agency taken from her.

[ and neither would she. ]

[berserketype]

[ even if that in turn took her from them. ]

...

Ahh, yeah. I kinda get that. Even if it hurts.

[rippled]

It happened a while ago, at least. It's just...

[ you really don't ever stop missing a person. ]

[berserketype]

It scars over but it doesn't really go away?

[ yeah... ]

[rippled]

That's it. And every so often, the wound reopens.

[ and you just have to bandage it up again and move on. ]

[berserketype]

Sounds about right.

[ he laughs, but it's very quiet. ]

Ahh, we're copin'.

[rippled]

[ very seriously, ]

We're copin'.

[berserketype]

Probably better than not copin’, at least.

[rippled]

... that's fine.

But sometimes all you can really do is just keep going no matter what happens, right?

[berserketype]

Yeah, 'specially if you're carryin' people's hopes with ya.

[rippled]

You'd think it would be a good workout...

[ that's a joke ]