I had assumed we were just cut off. I thought the Tree would lead us to the answers we needed to restore the connection.
[ john hadn't had a chance to put his plans into action, mostly because he needed people to die for it to work. there had never been a convenient opportunity to do that where it needed to happen without being completely obvious that he would commit a few light murders. he's still trying to keep a low profile despite his miniature skeleton army scattered around the Garden. ]
How can something like the Tree die? If that can happen, then anything can happen...
[ meaning his world and everyone else's can really be dead and gone. it had shaken him enough to start asking different questions, and the intrusive presence of incompatible energy only drove him onward. ]
Someone told me how they once held onto something in their desperation to protect it, but eventually, they realised that if they didn't let it go, they would end up destroying it themselves.
[ we had the choice to stop. it's haunted him since mercymorn repeated it; he almost wishes he hadn't asked. story of his life. ]
I'm making the right choice this time.
[ or, at least that's what he believes right now. maybe this will look different in the light of day, but his conviction could not be overstated right now. ]
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[ john hadn't had a chance to put his plans into action, mostly because he needed people to die for it to work. there had never been a convenient opportunity to do that where it needed to happen without being completely obvious that he would commit a few light murders. he's still trying to keep a low profile despite his miniature skeleton army scattered around the Garden. ]
How can something like the Tree die? If that can happen, then anything can happen...
[ meaning his world and everyone else's can really be dead and gone. it had shaken him enough to start asking different questions, and the intrusive presence of incompatible energy only drove him onward. ]
Someone told me how they once held onto something in their desperation to protect it, but eventually, they realised that if they didn't let it go, they would end up destroying it themselves.
[ we had the choice to stop. it's haunted him since mercymorn repeated it; he almost wishes he hadn't asked. story of his life. ]
I'm making the right choice this time.
[ or, at least that's what he believes right now. maybe this will look different in the light of day, but his conviction could not be overstated right now. ]