Really, now. Being less miserable feels a bit like treason.
[But he lets out a laugh, smiling back because while being less miserable goes against everything that Ravka seems to stand for - the freezing cold and the blistering summers, the starvation and the utter ruination of happiness that seeps in to all of them from the time that they are born in to this world - it also seems far away at the moment. With Jim being closer to kind than cruel.
Drifting between the stars and some days, the Darkling can almost forget what he did to get here and what he might be willing to do, to fulfil his end of the deal they all made.]
Wait, you think that multidimensional travel might be possible, outside of this situation we find ourselves in. Fascinating. That does actually sound very- [the Darkling stops talking, head tilting to watch Jim as some emotion works itself through him. It isn't hope, because all of his hope is selfmade and the sliver that isn't, is Alina. But it is something, bright and warm, blossoming in his chest <.] I would very much like to know more about this, should you find something.
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[But he lets out a laugh, smiling back because while being less miserable goes against everything that Ravka seems to stand for - the freezing cold and the blistering summers, the starvation and the utter ruination of happiness that seeps in to all of them from the time that they are born in to this world - it also seems far away at the moment. With Jim being closer to kind than cruel.
Drifting between the stars and some days, the Darkling can almost forget what he did to get here and what he might be willing to do, to fulfil his end of the deal they all made.]
Wait, you think that multidimensional travel might be possible, outside of this situation we find ourselves in. Fascinating. That does actually sound very- [the Darkling stops talking, head tilting to watch Jim as some emotion works itself through him. It isn't hope, because all of his hope is selfmade and the sliver that isn't, is Alina. But it is something, bright and warm, blossoming in his chest <.] I would very much like to know more about this, should you find something.