[ It was said - sobbed - out loud, the word the only denial he would allow himself just yet.
He could not. But he also understood exactly why Wolfwood would beg him for this. Why he would promise, why he would beg...
But with all the ways that Vash did trust Wolfwood, he was not sure that was the right choice. He would never thinking it the right choice. Still... in this situation, he could understand why that might be the preferable choice. Not for him. Not for Wolfwood. But for the one suffering so greatly. ]
Is that what you want? To end?
[ There was incredible sadness and unclouded compassion to go with the question, and still more soothing. And he was not flinching from the feathers. He would not fight them. He might, if they did strike, try to curl in on himself to protect himself from damage that would alarm Wolfwood or Rem, but that was the most of it.
He knew that who was in front of him was badly, horribly hurt.
He also knew... from experience, that a plant could recover from that. And from worse. It wouldn't be a matter of dying slower or faster. But of...
no subject
[ It was said - sobbed - out loud, the word the only denial he would allow himself just yet.
He could not. But he also understood exactly why Wolfwood would beg him for this. Why he would promise, why he would beg...
But with all the ways that Vash did trust Wolfwood, he was not sure that was the right choice. He would never thinking it the right choice. Still... in this situation, he could understand why that might be the preferable choice. Not for him. Not for Wolfwood. But for the one suffering so greatly. ]
Is that what you want? To end?
[ There was incredible sadness and unclouded compassion to go with the question, and still more soothing. And he was not flinching from the feathers. He would not fight them. He might, if they did strike, try to curl in on himself to protect himself from damage that would alarm Wolfwood or Rem, but that was the most of it.
He knew that who was in front of him was badly, horribly hurt.
He also knew... from experience, that a plant could recover from that. And from worse.
It wouldn't be a matter of dying slower or faster. But of...
Hope.
Did this one have any left? ]