[ Hythlodaeus gives a soft sigh at that and shifts on her bed, stretching his arms out behind him as he tips his head back to stare up at the ceiling. ]
Emet-Selch has always been... particular. And particularly stubborn. I doubt that, after an eon of dedicating himself to one purpose, one outcome, he would have been easy to reason with. To sway. I do not know what events might have haunted his path to lead him to the destination you found him in, but... [ Emet-Selch's angry denial resounded in his ears but underneath it, he could still hear the heartbreak in it. The fear. Protest it as Emet-Selch might, Hythlodaeus suspected they both could be pushed to great and terrible acts, with such unrelenting motivations. Couldn't they all? ]
Whatever the outcome of your visit here... I only hope it worthwhile. Helpful. Perhaps then, somehow, it will make all that was sacrificed... worth it. Mean something more.
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Emet-Selch has always been... particular. And particularly stubborn. I doubt that, after an eon of dedicating himself to one purpose, one outcome, he would have been easy to reason with. To sway. I do not know what events might have haunted his path to lead him to the destination you found him in, but... [ Emet-Selch's angry denial resounded in his ears but underneath it, he could still hear the heartbreak in it. The fear. Protest it as Emet-Selch might, Hythlodaeus suspected they both could be pushed to great and terrible acts, with such unrelenting motivations. Couldn't they all? ]
Whatever the outcome of your visit here... I only hope it worthwhile. Helpful. Perhaps then, somehow, it will make all that was sacrificed... worth it. Mean something more.