[There's a flicker of concern. Just a flicker, flashing on Waver's awareness, Waver having to take it into account as he continues. Never is a man truly helpless? And what of Ecbatana? There's a mess Waver wants to approach delicately; he knows the historical accounts (wiki is a friend, academic sites moreso, Temple is kind in that matter) and while there's no way he can ever know how bad that truly was, he knows the broad brush strokes.
Iskandar is strong, stronger than anyone he knows, but maybe that's too rigid an outlook. Under the right hammer blow it could shatter.]
Certainly, that's true. They aren't fixed and there are always options. However there are certain things we can't truly control, no matter what's at our fingertips, even if we search for solutions. [Because Waver is not lying down and taking this; however, he also understands it may be futile or the answer may not come in time, though it feels tantalizing close. It just comes down to faith.] Sometimes Fate just outguns someone and puts them in what feels like an impossible situation.
We shared a drink in Hawaii. I know a few things from him and others. He wasn't able to be at the fight at the compound - and I do know that Cho Hakkai is the sort of man that would drag himself rotting from the grave to be there for Chikusa and Ken. It was tearing him apart. Previous matters I think just made things worse.
[Care, Waver Velvet, craft your words with care. Iskandar has given you his heart and words are deadly weapons not to just shinki.
Perhaps the care is noticeable. Waver's been mistaken for a god before. He speaks with conviction. He speaks in ways that suggest experience. He minimizes anything that would suggest his shinki state. ... he notices how people treat him when he does.
Even his eyes convey a certainty of self that might be absent in another. He has an answer for who am I?
It's 'myself.'
It makes all the difference.]
It's a burden everyone is struggling with in some way, don't you think? The feeling of helplessness... of not doing enough for the ones we care for or being enough or being there. Of having events spin so out of control and not knowing what to do. I see it all around me - especially in gods - I certainly recognize it in myself.
[Waver, with a look, asks a single question with his eyes. Are you feeling helpless? Then turns and kisses Iskandar's palm in reassurance.
It's okay if you are.
It's not just about the network post, no.]
... mm, that could have been a 'she' you know. ... I admit... now I'm curious about the ones that baffled or caused you to disagree... but... well...
[His eyes shutter. Water under the bridge.]
How do you feel all that maps out here? For you, I mean.
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Iskandar is strong, stronger than anyone he knows, but maybe that's too rigid an outlook. Under the right hammer blow it could shatter.]
Certainly, that's true. They aren't fixed and there are always options. However there are certain things we can't truly control, no matter what's at our fingertips, even if we search for solutions. [Because Waver is not lying down and taking this; however, he also understands it may be futile or the answer may not come in time, though it feels tantalizing close. It just comes down to faith.] Sometimes Fate just outguns someone and puts them in what feels like an impossible situation.
We shared a drink in Hawaii. I know a few things from him and others. He wasn't able to be at the fight at the compound - and I do know that Cho Hakkai is the sort of man that would drag himself rotting from the grave to be there for Chikusa and Ken. It was tearing him apart. Previous matters I think just made things worse.
[Care, Waver Velvet, craft your words with care. Iskandar has given you his heart and words are deadly weapons not to just shinki.
Perhaps the care is noticeable. Waver's been mistaken for a god before. He speaks with conviction. He speaks in ways that suggest experience. He minimizes anything that would suggest his shinki state. ... he notices how people treat him when he does.
Even his eyes convey a certainty of self that might be absent in another. He has an answer for who am I?
It's 'myself.'
It makes all the difference.]
It's a burden everyone is struggling with in some way, don't you think? The feeling of helplessness... of not doing enough for the ones we care for or being enough or being there. Of having events spin so out of control and not knowing what to do. I see it all around me - especially in gods - I certainly recognize it in myself.
[Waver, with a look, asks a single question with his eyes. Are you feeling helpless? Then turns and kisses Iskandar's palm in reassurance.
It's okay if you are.
It's not just about the network post, no.]
... mm, that could have been a 'she' you know. ... I admit... now I'm curious about the ones that baffled or caused you to disagree... but... well...
[His eyes shutter. Water under the bridge.]
How do you feel all that maps out here? For you, I mean.