undread | asa

That's just makes it seem like you're enjoying it, though...

[with all the bluntness of a teen girl. laudna, honey, your horror movie vibes are through the roof. asa just stares at their hands, frowning.]

I think... our hearts were in the right place. Even though we did something awful to her, we really did want to save her from the affliction. [...] I just wish we hadn't caused everyone so much pain in the process.

I think your hearts were in the right place, too. And I think everyone would have been caused a lot of pain no matter what happened.

... I guess. [subdued.] I keep thinking that maybe we just didn't look hard enough for a better solution, even though I know there wasn't one. Someone shared something with me yesterday that pretty much confirmed death is the only way to get rid of the monsters.

...Ah. What was that?

Another piece of a certain journal. [being a little vague just to be safe.] It said everyone who dies loses their monster, so they can't be affected by the summonings anymore.