[ amos’ insistence that dead people stay dead is a fundamental difference between them. dextera would rip his brother’s body out of the ground and puppet him if he could, even if he realizes it would be a desecration. he can’t say if amos’ approach is better or worse, but his own is the one dextera prefers.
he’s quiet, then, imagining how someone could be so divorced from their past that they wouldn’t want it back. dextera has complicated feelings about his own past, certainly, but amos seems utterly indifferent. ]
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[ dextera finally shakes his head when amos asks his question. ]
She could have. But I don’t want it. [ he hesitates here, uncertain about how much he wants to reveal to amos of all people. it’s not like he thinks amos can hurt him with this knowledge, it’s just… the principle. ] It wouldn’t be the same. I don’t want to create something new. I want to go back.
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he’s quiet, then, imagining how someone could be so divorced from their past that they wouldn’t want it back. dextera has complicated feelings about his own past, certainly, but amos seems utterly indifferent. ]
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[ dextera finally shakes his head when amos asks his question. ]
She could have. But I don’t want it. [ he hesitates here, uncertain about how much he wants to reveal to amos of all people. it’s not like he thinks amos can hurt him with this knowledge, it’s just… the principle. ] It wouldn’t be the same. I don’t want to create something new. I want to go back.