dear_mun | (no subject)

Is that so?

That is good. It would be sad if you had to stand alone.

I can do well enough by my own.

[And that's his pride speaking.]

What of you?

That is a good question.

The one moment that I was alone was the time I was the weakest. I have not be alone since, but now that I am... perhaps, I can say I will be all right.

Old fools suffer greater than the rest of us. But two suffering is greater than one.

This is true.

There is solace to be found in old friends.

The only way from here is up.

I'm glad that there is something that you hope for, Caim, beyond blood.

I am easier to sate than you are. I need little more than blood.

[ Sigh. Back to square one. ]

[Didn't you miss your buddy?

Caim gives a wry smile.]

Still, you have changed since I have seen you.

My allowances do not extend to killing freely.

I would like to think that you killed freely but that there was always a purpose for it.

Even if said purpose is revenge?

That is better than no reason and means that there will be an end.

Says a man who knows not revenge in his heart.

What good would it do me to hold such poison in my soul?

[......

Caim is, pointedly, halted. For a few moments, at least.]

What good would it do you to not hold a human concept, that which you consider 'poison'?

It means I can grant forgiveness far easier than some.

Forgiveness is overrated.

Only to those who are not seeking it.

But the time may come that you will be, and then you will understand its power.

Some kinds of forgiveness, you cannot obtain.

Perhaps, but I hope one day that the Gods will forgive me. And so, for all my sins, I cannot judge any man nor hold any desire for revenge in my heart.

Still that faith in the gods. If they were as compassionate to forgive you then they would not have allowed your life to advance as it has.

Perhaps... that might have been better... but even so, I have to believe there is a purpose for me to remain alive.