Yes! So nightmareish! I simply can't get it out of my mind!
[brightly!]
He was always rather a dear with me; I've never even been certain what everyone else was so angry about. But I do adore children, I hate to see them suffer.
[HE'S STILL SO CAUGHT OFF HIS GUARD BY LAUDNA... It's said in such surprising brightness that it startles a little laugh out of him.]
You and I and surely the others here can agree with that... [Except for Erin's monster apparently.] In any case, you do seem impossible to ruffle, so it may be that he gave up trying to poke and prod finding no reaction. Or perhaps he was simply charmed.
[Just a little assenting nod. Despite growing up surrounded by death, he's still sensitive to loss.]
It is. I want as many people to get out of here as possible, and... every person that we can't manage that with is another loss. But especially the children.
[And yet multiple teens and a dog just died THIS IS HELL.]
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[brightly!]
He was always rather a dear with me; I've never even been certain what everyone else was so angry about. But I do adore children, I hate to see them suffer.
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You and I and surely the others here can agree with that... [Except for Erin's monster apparently.] In any case, you do seem impossible to ruffle, so it may be that he gave up trying to poke and prod finding no reaction. Or perhaps he was simply charmed.
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[she seems impossible to ruffle? wowee! what a compliment. (was it one...)]
Well, it hardly matters any longer.
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Rather, it's perhaps a bit difficult to gauge when you're upset... But you do seem to have a higher tolerance for mischief than some here.
[Is what Karma did really mischief.
The rest of that, though, just has him quieting for a moment, somber again.]
...I hope that their souls are resting at peace.
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[she will frown for a moment.]
I cared about all three of them. I don't want to keep losing people from our house, or children. It's so depressing.
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It is. I want as many people to get out of here as possible, and... every person that we can't manage that with is another loss. But especially the children.
[And yet multiple teens and a dog just died THIS IS HELL.]
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I hope so, too. I do want to believe we can find a way to counteract this.
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I do, as well. Rather, in times like this, hope and belief in a better outcome is a necessity rather than a luxury.