PRIVATE CONFLICT: BEAUREGARD

[madburnout]

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[madburnout]

[They are kind words, and as often as Lio tries to tell other people that they can't carry the burden of guilt, he is not exactly prone to taking his own advice. Looking away.]

I am-- was, the Leader of Mad Burnish. I had to do better.

[disreguarded]

[ she remembers that, and she's been using that line on other people, which is why she leans a little closer and tries to catch his gaze. ]

Weren't you the one who told me not to do that, before?

[madburnout]

[He'll meet it. She'll find he's very stubborn! But then again, so is she.]

And I meant that. But as leader of the Mad Burnish, it is mine to carry. No one else is left to.

[disreguarded]

I think if you asked any of your people that, they'd get mad. All I saw was a few minutes and I could tell the two of them love you. They'd help you carry it if you'd let them.

[madburnout]

Meis. Guiera.

[He curls his arms around himself a bit.]

I don't even know if they're still alive. That is the last time I saw them.

[disreguarded]

[ she really just - wants to hold, like always, like she has been with the others here when they get upset, but she's unsure if it'll help. carefully, she reaches to rest her hand on his back. ]

You can't torture yourself. They're capable, man. I'm sure they're okay.

[madburnout]

[He appreciates it. He's still strung tight, but he doesn't move away from it.]

The Mad Burnish . . . we do not always last long. We burn as hard as we can, fight while we are able. The leaders are captured often, into the Foundation's prisons, and do not return.

[disreguarded]

[ a hard swallow. ]

You guys burn real bright real fast. [ she keeps her hand where it is, then. ] I wish I knew how to help. They're just people. Scared people. Being hunted down like animals is fucked up, I don't...

I'm sorry, Boss.