[ it's okay, she comes to just sit next to him. she sinks down next to him against the door, and leans her shoulder against his, staring down at her feet. she doesn't say anything either for the moment, just tries to offer some measure of support. ]
[He actually leans back, switching his gaze to his hands. Clenching as if he's concentrating on something, then letting it go again. There's something about that statement that really covers it - something he was struggling to grasp.]
. . . When I am in my normal body, when I am angry . . . I can manifest it. It burns. It is all-consuming. I could feel it in every part of my being, I could make it burn as hot as the sun. Here it is like. [Bringing his hand back closer, over his chest.] My chest is empty. My heart is made of ice again. No matter how angry I get, I feel nothing compared to that. Something has gone out.
Yeah. [ she doesn't have the same ability to do what he does - she can't summon fire and she can't explode with it, but before, she feels like she could channel it. ]
Something's gone out. [ she mumbles. ] Before this I - I could fight it out, you know? Just like that. I could beat the shit out of something, or something bad would happen and I'd just - I'd beat it up and it'd stop being a problem, but we can't - there's no fighting back here.
It just fucking happens and it's all our fault. It's us.
[Honestly, there's something about that that snaps him out of it a little. Snapping up his gaze to look at her.]
I-. . . What happened to Asch, we share the blame. All of us. But we cannot shoulder it alone - the fact we are here, faced with these decisions at all is of consequence. You will break your back trying to carry shame for things you had no choice in.
[Good. He wants to help. It does nothing but speak kindly of everyone here that they are all hit this hard by this though. At least that part of them is not broken yet.]
I do not want you to suffer as well.
[Galo trying to kill himself via terrible voting choices, all of his friends tearing themselves to pieces over it. He won't have it.]
[He doesn't find it a shock that someone is surprised he's like this. But he cares deeply, about so many things, more than he can stand. He doesn't quite smile, but he comes close enough when he's elbowed, relaxing his posture a bit to draw his knees up and put a hand on his chin.]
It is my job as leader of the Mad Burnish.
[hey did you just get recruited into the fire cult]
I suppose without flames you'll have trouble summoning the motorcycle.
[He says that in such a serious tone. Is it not a joke? It's not a joke. Anyway, Lio doesn't particularly realize he's being teased - he is too beautiful, and people rarely do it. The entire Mad Burnish just support him no questions asked and have never once teased the Boss (or he just stubbornly does not notice.)]
Exandria's the name of the world - I guess I've never been out of Wildemount so I don't know if Tal'Dorei has motorcycles, but. I've never even heard the word.
Anyway yeah. Wildemount is the continent I live on.
[THE WORLD OF DETROIT. THE UNIVERSE OF FUCKING MICHIGAN. Which may or may not still exist in dystopian Promare world.]
The city of Detroit. I've moved around many places, however, in my work. [Which, for a reminder, is terrorism] Mostly Promepolis. And I suppose-- Earth, is correct.
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Staring at his own feet, simply in silence for a while, before he finally speaks up.]
Perhaps I should burn the whole place down.
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I'll help. [ but her's is a little lifeless. ] I'm fucking - angry. I'm so fucking angry. None of it will come up, though. Just. It's just all stuck.
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. . . When I am in my normal body, when I am angry . . . I can manifest it. It burns. It is all-consuming. I could feel it in every part of my being, I could make it burn as hot as the sun. Here it is like. [Bringing his hand back closer, over his chest.] My chest is empty. My heart is made of ice again. No matter how angry I get, I feel nothing compared to that. Something has gone out.
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Something's gone out. [ she mumbles. ] Before this I - I could fight it out, you know? Just like that. I could beat the shit out of something, or something bad would happen and I'd just - I'd beat it up and it'd stop being a problem, but we can't - there's no fighting back here.
It just fucking happens and it's all our fault. It's us.
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I-. . . What happened to Asch, we share the blame. All of us. But we cannot shoulder it alone - the fact we are here, faced with these decisions at all is of consequence. You will break your back trying to carry shame for things you had no choice in.
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I - okay. [ you'll break your back trying to carry shame for things you had no choice in. it echoes in her head. ] ... Yeah. Yeah, I know.
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I do not want you to suffer as well.
[Galo trying to kill himself via terrible voting choices, all of his friends tearing themselves to pieces over it. He won't have it.]
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You're - you're sweet. [ she elbows him. gently. ] I wasn't expecting... anyway.
Thank you. Sometimes I need someone to bust my ass a bit.
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It is my job as leader of the Mad Burnish.
[hey did you just get recruited into the fire cult]
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Yeah. Are you the leader even for people who aren't Burnish? I can't exactly summon fire with my hands. [ it's light teasing. she's touched, really. ]
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[Is it more that Lio just doesn't understand the concept of friends and thinks you have to join his gang? Maybe. But still.]
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Well, shit. If it's that easy. [ tease, tease. ] I already said I'd help you burn this place down, man. That hasn't changed. Now it means even more.
[ gangs are easier than admitting you're friends, tbh ]
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[He says that in such a serious tone. Is it not a joke? It's not a joke. Anyway, Lio doesn't particularly realize he's being teased - he is too beautiful, and people rarely do it. The entire Mad Burnish just support him no questions asked and have never once teased the Boss (or he just stubbornly does not notice.)]
We will figure it out.
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The - the what? What's a motorcycle?
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Ah-- A two-wheeled vehicle? Do you really not know what they are? Gueira chooses a four-wheeler, so I suppose you could do that instead.
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Anyway yeah. Wildemount is the continent I live on.
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Ah--. . . I don't recognize any of those places.
[failed geography . . . ]
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I mean, it kind of looks like we're from different worlds entirely, so. Are you from that earth place?
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[A grand city of the . . . midwest. On Earth, yes.]
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The city of Detroit. I've moved around many places, however, in my work. [Which, for a reminder, is terrorism] Mostly Promepolis. And I suppose-- Earth, is correct.
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I mean, same. If you call what I do work. We've spent more time on the ocean and in enemy territory lately than anywhere else.
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