A knight's loss

[stupidhonor]

[Following the operation to bring down Cambio Protocol, a certain someone was very, very quiet and evasive. But the door to Sielje's room is unlocked, so if you want to check how she's doing...]

So many lost their lives on the island. They fought, we all did, to save countless others from the lava weapon.

[Sielje sits in the dark, curled up on the bed. She doesn't look up while talking, but she speaks up only when some kind of company arrives.]

Then, why is it that all I can selfishly think of...


She is not coming back, is she?

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[actuallyselfish]

"I don't think you can come this far with the Unity Group without being good at hoping," Dido suggests to Sieljie. She shakes her head. "Every time we sortie, we could die. Out on the battlefield, wherever I look I see my friends throwing themselves into the lion's mouth."

She shrugs. "But then I see my friends pull off the impossible and come back alive from the most ridiculous, unfair scenarios. Riding a lava projectile into oblivion? That's just another battle."

She meets Sieljie's eyes. "Have faith that Jen will win it," she says.

[stupidhonor]

It is... easy to say.

I should, should I not? But this is not how I feel. I told to myself that this will end alright. But the more time passes, the more I feel like I was just... lying to myself.

[actuallyselfish]

Dido nods and exhales. "I think that's alright too," she says. "A lot of people find strength in tough times by trying to make the lies they tell real. But your strength's always come from honesty-from facing painful truths straight on."

She meets Sieljie's eyes. "Tell it to me straight," she says. "Do you truly believe that Jen's dead?"

[stupidhonor]

Truly believe? I do not want to.

But, the way things are... I am afraid it is more likely, than it is not...