[ic] Fallout from ax crazy

[tis_allgood]

[tied up still on the bed still, quiet]

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[rockinurzen]

[coming in, very tired and mostly naked] Bert... are you--?

[al_for_one]

[exhausted but rushing straight to the bed to untie you] Oh Bert. We did it. It's gone...

[tis_allgood]

[pulls his wrists in close and turns away from you, curling up into himself]

[rockinurzen]

[not letting you pull away, grabbing you in a rough hug instead] Do not pull away from me. You are forgiven, even as you did it. Because it wasn't you; it was that eye.

[al_for_one]

Oh Bert, Bert. We don't blame you. We love thee.

[tis_allgood]

How could you forgive me? After the trouble I've caused? And the pain? I forgot the face of my father... I might have truly hurt thee.

[rockinurzen]

It wasn't you. It was the eye. You were under its spell and helpless to stop what happened. You're forgiven.

[al_for_one]

[three-person hug is awkward but did it soon enough to catch it] Thee did not! 'twas that gods damned eye.

[tis_allgood]

If you had not stopped me, I might have killed to get back to it.

[rockinurzen]

I know. But we did stop you.

[al_for_one]

[crying now, hugging tightly]

[tis_allgood]

Even if I am forgiven by thee, I cannot forgive myself.

[rockinurzen]

[hugging a little tighter] Even though it was in no way your fault?

[al_for_one]

[crying harder] Oh Bert, nay, place no blame on yourself.

[tis_allgood]

[too late... he already does]

[rockinurzen]

[so sad] What can we do to help you find forgiveness for yourself?