[At the touch of Idia's hand, Silver breaks completely and sobs. It's an awful, gut-wrenching sound, tears flowing down his face. He doesn't pull away, doesn't back up from them, but he shakes his head fiercely.]
Y-- you don't understand! The l-- last thing I remember... wh-- what I s-- saw...!
[He can feel his heart cracking, the hasty sutures of must survive and must protect that held him together popping like violin strings. His own pain must've been nothing compared to Malleus's, to drive the desperate fae to whatever he was about to do.]
Lilia... F-- Father.... [What does he care about concealing their bond anymore? He'd just said they're not at NRC anymore, what does any of it matter? Even if he's never said it out loud, in his heart he is and always will be Silver Vanrouge.] He... he was l-- leaving... d-- d-- dying....
[A truth he could never bring himself to say since he realized it. His most precious person, once powerful and feared and loved, is fading away.
And as Cater said, there's nothing he can do about it.]
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Y-- you don't understand! The l-- last thing I remember... wh-- what I s-- saw...!
[He can feel his heart cracking, the hasty sutures of must survive and must protect that held him together popping like violin strings. His own pain must've been nothing compared to Malleus's, to drive the desperate fae to whatever he was about to do.]
Lilia... F-- Father.... [What does he care about concealing their bond anymore? He'd just said they're not at NRC anymore, what does any of it matter? Even if he's never said it out loud, in his heart he is and always will be Silver Vanrouge.] He... he was l-- leaving... d-- d-- dying....
[A truth he could never bring himself to say since he realized it. His most precious person, once powerful and feared and loved, is fading away.
And as Cater said, there's nothing he can do about it.]