Do you really think I'm that cold? [ It's not quite a serious question, but it's a little pained, all the same. ]
If I'd wanted to, I could have left this place behind. [ He could have fled into the forest and never returned. The contract had only specified bringing him back; it hadn't bound him to anything. Mad with pain, he could have run and kept running - probably forever.
Some nameless wraith that would have eventually been pitied -or feared - and run to ground; exorcised and freed from torment, history and memories disregarded and long forgotten.
His voice is quiet and tired. ] The contract you made didn't bind me to you. I've always been here because I willed it to.
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Do you really think I'm that cold? [ It's not quite a serious question, but it's a little pained, all the same. ]
If I'd wanted to, I could have left this place behind. [ He could have fled into the forest and never returned. The contract had only specified bringing him back; it hadn't bound him to anything. Mad with pain, he could have run and kept running - probably forever.
Some nameless wraith that would have eventually been pitied -or feared - and run to ground; exorcised and freed from torment, history and memories disregarded and long forgotten.
His voice is quiet and tired. ] The contract you made didn't bind me to you. I've always been here because I willed it to.