[ dextera has thought like that, too, but hearing it from someone else just frustrates him. it’s amos’ lack of empathy again, the stark and evident differences between their philosophies laid out for dextera to see and resent. it doesn’t feel like this with other people he disagrees with—maybe because amos is the only person he’s met so far who seems so sure he’s on the right side. ]
That doesn’t mean we get to play with their lives. It’s not our choice to make.
[ the archangel has already pushed him to try to choose, and it’s overwhelming to think of all the lives he holds in his hands. knowing that they can’t save everyone, no matter what he does, is brutal.
but if he takes amos’ sand, he can allot a little more. that’s what he reasons, when he digs deep in his memories for something grotesque to match amos’ physical strength. ]
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That doesn’t mean we get to play with their lives. It’s not our choice to make.
[ the archangel has already pushed him to try to choose, and it’s overwhelming to think of all the lives he holds in his hands. knowing that they can’t save everyone, no matter what he does, is brutal.
but if he takes amos’ sand, he can allot a little more. that’s what he reasons, when he digs deep in his memories for something grotesque to match amos’ physical strength. ]