[ He's not quite sure what he was hoping for with the question, but that hollowed-out look on her face was most certainly not it. That hurts, when he knows he's the cause. It takes him a moment of silence before Percy suddenly inhales deeply and lets it out again in one quiet word. ]
Good. [ Good that no one else had followed him down. Good that they'd finished what he couldn't. That's all he could have asked for, in the aftermath.
Except that they're in the aftermath now, staring at each other through a chasm no one could have seen coming. And Percy smiles just a little because some things are too ridiculous even for Vox Machina. ]
I'm given to understand that time can work a bit...strangely, here. Like the Feywilde, a bit.
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Good. [ Good that no one else had followed him down. Good that they'd finished what he couldn't. That's all he could have asked for, in the aftermath.
Except that they're in the aftermath now, staring at each other through a chasm no one could have seen coming. And Percy smiles just a little because some things are too ridiculous even for Vox Machina. ]
I'm given to understand that time can work a bit...strangely, here. Like the Feywilde, a bit.