trailofblood | (no subject)

[ Yes thank you for that groundbreaking contribution ]

I've noticed, thanks.

You got any better ideas?

Dunno 'bout you, but I'd be pissed to lose a limb.

[ He can't really get onboard with that, but... ]

Pissed enough to make her real happy about it?

[making nyssa happy tho]

. . . Maybe just a hand?

[ Siiiiighhhh ]

If this is the way you wanna play it... I'll give her an emotion, you give her whatever it is you're willing to part with.

I'm not exactly willin' to part with it, but that's kinda the point.

You know what I mean!

[ He looks pretty green at just the thought of Wolfwood losing limbs, but if things go the way he wants them to, it's not like it'll matter any what Wolfwood decides to toss in. ]

Yeah, yeah. Right, so. . . you offer happiness, I'll offer a hand.

[looks down at a hand and flexes his fingers. yeah. yeah that suitably suck. AND YET]

Wish I knew what other people were offerin'. . .

I don't wanna think about it.

[ Ughhh. But now that they've reached a temporary agreement long enough to at least make one decision, it's time to poke the coals again. ]

You remember what I said earlier, right?

Which part?

The part about making one - only one - compromise.

I told you. If you insist on offerin' yourself up to die, then either we both live, or we both die.

Why? You want to live, don't you? Why put your life on the line if you don't have to?

Our offering will be enough, Wolfwood.

We don't know that. For all we know a bunch of others offered somethin' "better." I'm not gonna risk havin' a t- a friend die for my sake. You wanted us both to accept death from the start, well, we're in this shit together now.

What if I'm not risking it for your sake?

What if it's for my own?

What's that supposed to mean?

[we've both offered to die like multiple times throughout this conversation you'll have to clarify]

Dying... is probably really unpleasant. But it's like you said- we all come back, get better. I'm fine with that, so there's no point in you tying yourself up in knots for my sake.

But how do you think I'm gonna live with myself knowing I helped kill somebody who already said they don't want to die? Knowing I even agreed to the possibility?

I won't be able to get better from that. Probably not ever.