[020] Twentieth Nightmare [action/accidental video]

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[It’s far later than Starwind is usually awake, but he jerks himself out of sleep, confused and frightened at first, and after a few more long minutes laying still, he knows that he’s not going back to sleep. Not after that nightmare

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[doesnotbrood]

[Pride and admitting fault: two of the hardest pills to swallow.] Starwind, I've...been thinking. Though...we did not speak, I believe I owe you an apology.

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[doesnotbrood]

What is that?

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Where so many have left this place, I have remained behind. They have given and they have taken who is closest to me, and I remain here without them. What else am I to believe?

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[doesnotbrood]

Never is still quite a long time.

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...I know.

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[doesnotbrood]

I...believe...given time, we will escape this place.

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And of those who do not wish to leave?

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[doesnotbrood]

...why would you not want to leave this place? You're kept as an amusement, as a distraction, against your will.

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Small prices to pay for the ones that I will only know here.

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[doesnotbrood]

...that is either very noble or very stupid. I can't decide.

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Whatever it is, that is what we have been given. It is the nature of human hearts to find comfort where they can, friendship when it is needed, love when it is offered.

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[doesnotbrood]

Perhaps.

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Either that or withdrawal. Either that or the death of the heart.

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[doesnotbrood]

There are some who's hearts expired long ago.

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That I cannot speak to.

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[doesnotbrood]

Perhaps you can't, but I have seen men who's hearts were consumed by greed, by lust for power. I have seen the farce of society they build.

I...was rash in my judgement. You are not like them.