[ the scenario itself is confusing to her. but she understands a few things: a hero playing the villain. observers watching the gameboard, and helpless pawns on top of it. that's her interpretation, anyway.
she remembers - sin in the world of man is just like old maid. everybody tries to push the single old maid card into each others' hands. the game isn't about winning; it's about finding a single person to sacrifice - the loser. someone draws the old maid, someone has to carry man's sin. someone has to be sacrificed.
rika also understands being killed by the person you love most. but the circumstances still make this a very different thing; they change whether it's something to be grateful for or to feel betrayed by.
before saying anything, she looks to kim dokja, gauging his reaction. ]
[ For a moment, he doesn't react, he doesn't say anything.
Breathe in, breathe out.
Afterwards, he smiles, and it's a genuine thing. He looks to her after and seems the smallest bit apologetic. ]
I'm sorry you had to see that. [ Even so, it is his story and it's a story he loves. With the people he's grown to hold dear to him. ] ..I managed to come back to them. Though, it did take some time until I did.
I don't think it would have been a bad way to end.
[ Of course, that's his thoughts as a reader. But he knew it wasn't meant to be. ] But I still had a lot left to do to reach the true end I wanted. So I had to keep going.
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she remembers - sin in the world of man is just like old maid. everybody tries to push the single old maid card into each others' hands. the game isn't about winning; it's about finding a single person to sacrifice - the loser. someone draws the old maid, someone has to carry man's sin. someone has to be sacrificed.
rika also understands being killed by the person you love most. but the circumstances still make this a very different thing; they change whether it's something to be grateful for or to feel betrayed by.
before saying anything, she looks to kim dokja, gauging his reaction. ]
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Breathe in, breathe out.
Afterwards, he smiles, and it's a genuine thing. He looks to her after and seems the smallest bit apologetic. ]
I'm sorry you had to see that. [ Even so, it is his story and it's a story he loves. With the people he's grown to hold dear to him. ] ..I managed to come back to them. Though, it did take some time until I did.
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she doubts the journey there was easy, but - it's a comfort to know it wasn't the end. ]
I'm glad.
That seemed like much too tragic a fate.
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[ Of course, that's his thoughts as a reader. But he knew it wasn't meant to be. ] But I still had a lot left to do to reach the true end I wanted. So I had to keep going.
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Sometimes you just have to push through your own acceptance of an ending.
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[ Stubborn and determined, and to return the favor of those that saved him. ]
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Though, as long as we're here, my story back home will have to be put on hold.
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