[ rika frowns. she doesn't love talking about people that way. even if he's not wrong. even if she hasn't formed bonds and the death of near-strangers means very little.
she's hypocritical, to be annoyed when someone else takes it lightly. ]
It's a comfort to see that it isn't an ordinary death, but this shouldn't be happening to any of them.
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she's hypocritical, to be annoyed when someone else takes it lightly. ]
It's a comfort to see that it isn't an ordinary death, but this shouldn't be happening to any of them.
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[Probably. There's still a limit to his empathy. He's been living on a diet of death and tragedy for nearly a hundred and fifty years now.]
It's a miserable carousel of wretched horrors, living and dead. I'm just not sure we know which is worse.
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If it were too bad, they would convey that to us when they could.
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I think the most likely option is that they just can't.