[Oddly enough, that gets a noise from Schwann that could be considered positive.]
I would deserve it, considering it would probably be a rambling mess anyway.
[Schwann had a good reason for keeping quiet as much as he did. He's just about as bad at emotions as Alexei.
But...yeah. He does fall silent again as he processes that second bit. Though Alexei didn't say it aloud, it's hard for those words to not replay in Schwann's mind. He slowly raises to his feet so he's on Alexei's level once more, and tentatively reaches out toward the bars to put a hand on Alexei's.]
I'm not leaving you behind. Not this time.
[Before all of this, once upon a time, Schwann Oltorain wandered through his life waiting for his time to finally come. But now? If he could do it all again, he'd find some way to talk Alexei out of what just transpired so neither of them would be in this position. He's glad to be going instead of Alexei, but that doesn't mean it was easy to choose their potential deaths either. Between Brave Vesperia and everyone here...they've taught him that maybe life really is worth living, even if he resented the second chance he got at first.
So that's why he won't hate Alexei if he and the others manage to find a way to bring the dead back. This time, it's something that he'd want more than anything.]
cw past suicidal ideation
I would deserve it, considering it would probably be a rambling mess anyway.
[Schwann had a good reason for keeping quiet as much as he did. He's just about as bad at emotions as Alexei.
But...yeah. He does fall silent again as he processes that second bit. Though Alexei didn't say it aloud, it's hard for those words to not replay in Schwann's mind. He slowly raises to his feet so he's on Alexei's level once more, and tentatively reaches out toward the bars to put a hand on Alexei's.]
I'm not leaving you behind. Not this time.
[Before all of this, once upon a time, Schwann Oltorain wandered through his life waiting for his time to finally come. But now? If he could do it all again, he'd find some way to talk Alexei out of what just transpired so neither of them would be in this position. He's glad to be going instead of Alexei, but that doesn't mean it was easy to choose their potential deaths either. Between Brave Vesperia and everyone here...they've taught him that maybe life really is worth living, even if he resented the second chance he got at first.
So that's why he won't hate Alexei if he and the others manage to find a way to bring the dead back. This time, it's something that he'd want more than anything.]