[ she would not say they are fortunate when she does so little, when she thinks there isn't much she can do.
his question makes her pause because no one has ever phrased it that way. it's not right, but from what she's learned recently before coming here, it may not be wrong either. ]
When I was chosen to become the Raven Consort, that was a sign that the goddess, Niao Lian, claimed me. If I leave, she will take it as a sign of betrayal, and I will die.
[ in some ways, she is more like a sacrifice than cursed. ]
I do not know if I can escape her.
[ on account of their souls now being intermingled. ]
There may still be a way. I do not mean to offer empty promises, but everything we've seen and experienced has been beyond impossible. We walk among individuals who conjure miracles without so much as batting an eye.
[ so many aboard this ship with powers and capabilities beyond his understanding. it doesn't feel right to him, that there would be no means to help her at all. ]
...Would that I could help you myself, and those you care for. [ but he understands that is not his battle to fight. ]
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his question makes her pause because no one has ever phrased it that way. it's not right, but from what she's learned recently before coming here, it may not be wrong either. ]
When I was chosen to become the Raven Consort, that was a sign that the goddess, Niao Lian, claimed me. If I leave, she will take it as a sign of betrayal, and I will die.
[ in some ways, she is more like a sacrifice than cursed. ]
I do not know if I can escape her.
[ on account of their souls now being intermingled. ]
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There may still be a way. I do not mean to offer empty promises, but everything we've seen and experienced has been beyond impossible. We walk among individuals who conjure miracles without so much as batting an eye.
[ so many aboard this ship with powers and capabilities beyond his understanding. it doesn't feel right to him, that there would be no means to help her at all. ]
...Would that I could help you myself, and those you care for. [ but he understands that is not his battle to fight. ]
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[ she does think there are possibilities, but part of her problem is in whether she thinks she should accept those possibilities.
her emotions are a tangle of guilt and atonement. ]
... That you care is enough.