[His exhale shakes hard as he breaks the embrace to hold Viktor at arm's length, hands firm against his shoulders.]
Do you not punish yourself enough? Must a world who is a stranger to you be expected to show you bitterness and hatred when you have done nothing to us, to any of them, to earn it? Holding all your regret over your own head like some sort of chopping block and just waiting for it to catch up, rather than moving on?
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Would Sky or Jayce wish for you to stand here and say there is absolutely no kindness in this world that could reach to you? Or would they want you to see what kindness can show you for where you want to head? To give you a path to that atonement you desire?
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[His exhale shakes hard as he breaks the embrace to hold Viktor at arm's length, hands firm against his shoulders.]
Do you not punish yourself enough? Must a world who is a stranger to you be expected to show you bitterness and hatred when you have done nothing to us, to any of them, to earn it? Holding all your regret over your own head like some sort of chopping block and just waiting for it to catch up, rather than moving on?
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Would Sky or Jayce wish for you to stand here and say there is absolutely no kindness in this world that could reach to you? Or would they want you to see what kindness can show you for where you want to head? To give you a path to that atonement you desire?