[ void archives is experiencing the same level of frustration with "vash" that wolfwood did and it ended with him trying to fire bullets through his head. they are also valid to wanting to smack wolfwood around for how he's behaving but the lack of rebuttal is more about acceptance than anything else. though, at least, this time he'll speak for himself as avoids looking at "vash" again to look back at void archives. ]

It's never been for myself. [ even if it was the truth, the words feel wrong on his tongue so he corrects himself. he's tired of making excuses for himself so he'll bear the weight of this as well. no matter how "valid" those reasons would have been, it doesn't change the end result. ] Not entirely.

[ so funny how they have empathy debuff while wolfwood purposefully attempts to nerf his. how else would he be able to stay sane in his world? ]

Look, there's nothin' more that I can do for him; the best thing I've done is taken myself out of the picture so that he has one less person to worry about. [ it's not as though he would have been allowed to interfere even if he wanted to. (or so he tells himself.) ] I freed him from the cage I helped put him in and now he'll go do what's important.

He may ridiculous enough to keep sayin' that there's hope for me but there's only one end for someone like me.

[ is it really sulking or just simple resignation for someone who feels themselves irredeemable? rather, only one logical conclusion for how he could repent for things. ]