[ He has so many questions and wants to ask none of them. Khoriya does not want to know. He does not want to care. Life would be so much blessedly easier if he could simply cease giving a damn about what certain fools did in their own fool time-!
A slow breath, and his voice has dropped to its usual toneless rumble, utterly empty of emotion. ]
I don't know what happens next. I don't know if they can keep me dead or just throw me somewhere and leave me. And I didn't want that to happen before I got to make sure I saw friendly faces again. There's not many here, but.
[ Why would you...?! Khoriya will not ask, even if he doesn't understand. Why Vax would wish to see his face, of all people, before...
His answer comes after a long moment's pause from tight jaws, every word bitten off like a chunk of bloody scrap. ]
Then why risk yourself in such a way? Why not- [ Bloody Moon damn it all! ] Why not ask for our aid in your fool's quest? Did you think I would not have given it to you?
Because I wasn't going to bring anyone else down with me. I'm not stupid, I know this is going to come back on all of us. But at least now everyone else can say they had no idea, and they won't be lying.
I would rather be made a liar than a fool. Do you think the mob gives a single fig who they string up, or what excuses they give for or against you? What did you hope to accomplish, going about this like some cockeyed, nut-brained-
[ Khoriya abruptly shuts up with a harsh growl. He can hear Mother's scolding tones in his own voice - what a thing to have inherited, the sharpest edge of her tongue. It is unlike him to lose control of his temper in such a way, and he does not like the growing sense of things fallen beyond his grasp and control.
And yet, what can he do? ]
I. Would ask that you tell me, before embarking on any further schemes. And allow me to grant you what aid I can. As your ally.
...I have found a place deep in the woods. It is well hidden, and not oft-traveled. I do not think that the mob would easily find you there, nor any but the most persistent of your pursuers.
[ And those, Khoriya feels he can deal with himself, overconfident beast that he is. ]
I appreciate what you want to do, that you want to keep me safe. But I'm not running, Khoriya. I would've done it by now and asked for help on the way.
[Vax feels bad shooting down that offer. It would be nice to just disappear, to go to this place and feel a little safer. Surely the two of them could pick off whoever might go that far to find him and wait this all out, but... Vax can't do that. Because if he disappears, there's no one else to blame but the entirety of the Void Touched community.]
I'm sorry, I know you want to keep me safe. I wish I could let you.
[ Do not put words in my mouth, I want no such thing. You are a presumptuous fool, you will die alone, and you will have asked for this fate. His thoughts turn to acid upon his tongue, churn in his gut like bile, and in the black void at the heart of him, Khoriya feels a hateful stirring like the coils of some great venomous snake, coiling to bite.
So there is only a moment of dead air followed by a snarl, and then Khoriya stops answering altogether. ]
[Vax knows he probably crossed a line, but he's not going to hold back when everything is up in the air. Khoriya can be angry with him, that's fine. He gets it. He would've walked away, too.
He doesn't say goodbye. Maybe ending on an apology is the best he can do.]
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A slow breath, and his voice has dropped to its usual toneless rumble, utterly empty of emotion. ]
What do you mean, 'say goodbye'?
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[Vax sighs.]
I wanted to see Bob again. And you.
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His answer comes after a long moment's pause from tight jaws, every word bitten off like a chunk of bloody scrap. ]
Then why risk yourself in such a way? Why not- [ Bloody Moon damn it all! ] Why not ask for our aid in your fool's quest? Did you think I would not have given it to you?
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[ Khoriya abruptly shuts up with a harsh growl. He can hear Mother's scolding tones in his own voice - what a thing to have inherited, the sharpest edge of her tongue. It is unlike him to lose control of his temper in such a way, and he does not like the growing sense of things fallen beyond his grasp and control.
And yet, what can he do? ]
I. Would ask that you tell me, before embarking on any further schemes. And allow me to grant you what aid I can. As your ally.
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If I'm able to embark on any more schemes after this, I promise you're my first call.
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...I have found a place deep in the woods. It is well hidden, and not oft-traveled. I do not think that the mob would easily find you there, nor any but the most persistent of your pursuers.
[ And those, Khoriya feels he can deal with himself, overconfident beast that he is. ]
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[Vax feels bad shooting down that offer. It would be nice to just disappear, to go to this place and feel a little safer. Surely the two of them could pick off whoever might go that far to find him and wait this all out, but... Vax can't do that. Because if he disappears, there's no one else to blame but the entirety of the Void Touched community.]
I'm sorry, I know you want to keep me safe. I wish I could let you.
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So there is only a moment of dead air followed by a snarl, and then Khoriya stops answering altogether. ]
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He doesn't say goodbye. Maybe ending on an apology is the best he can do.]