To stand as a shadow among the light, for people who might want an "out" or another way. Who might crave destruction, and desire companionship; creatures of needs and wants that seemed antithetical to one another, discordant and unable to be reconciled. A bit like the war between the factions, which was born of dreams that could not co-exist. Set is a creature that represents acceptance of things that don't co-exist, chaotic hearts that want to live and die in the same breath. People who have killed every path they could walk except the one that leads to their demmise will find shelter in him.
That is his vow, as a wicked god. As someone who once protected people, then turned and slaughtered them. Hateful and desperate to save himself from further pain. He cannot and will not rob Sebastian of his due, but. If Silco puts his mind to surviving once more, he can find aid in Set. Careful aid, but aid nonetheless. And if they cannot succeed, well.
He will mourn this man. Without a doubt.
In the depths of that room, full of items and destructive toys and mechanical genius, he stands carefully among the remains of Jinx's life and presence. Her guns, her bombs, her Shard, which he watches Silco pick up from the ground. Ah, so that was what must have happened; she was there, alive and creating, and then she was gone. And Silco had never moved anything, from the moment she had vanished and become the shell of herself once again. His reach is slow, as he moves toward Silco and cradles the back of the man's remaining hand. To gentle the tumble of Jinx's shard into the palm of his own, whereupon he cradled the other side of her.
And admitted: ] I was going to tell her about your contract. You gave her everything, and I remember seeing her — I knew she'd give it back to you. She and I were the same Aspect, you know? I would have burned everything with her, for you.
[ She was going to be how I saved you, he meant. Because he figured she'd stop at nothing, the same way Silco would for her. With Silco's daughter, his only love and his entire world, held carefully in his hands, he says: ] I am still going to.
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[ It's a similar vow he made to Gen, actually.
To stand as a shadow among the light, for people who might want an "out" or another way. Who might crave destruction, and desire companionship; creatures of needs and wants that seemed antithetical to one another, discordant and unable to be reconciled. A bit like the war between the factions, which was born of dreams that could not co-exist. Set is a creature that represents acceptance of things that don't co-exist, chaotic hearts that want to live and die in the same breath. People who have killed every path they could walk except the one that leads to their demmise will find shelter in him.
That is his vow, as a wicked god. As someone who once protected people, then turned and slaughtered them. Hateful and desperate to save himself from further pain. He cannot and will not rob Sebastian of his due, but. If Silco puts his mind to surviving once more, he can find aid in Set. Careful aid, but aid nonetheless. And if they cannot succeed, well.
He will mourn this man. Without a doubt.
In the depths of that room, full of items and destructive toys and mechanical genius, he stands carefully among the remains of Jinx's life and presence. Her guns, her bombs, her Shard, which he watches Silco pick up from the ground. Ah, so that was what must have happened; she was there, alive and creating, and then she was gone. And Silco had never moved anything, from the moment she had vanished and become the shell of herself once again. His reach is slow, as he moves toward Silco and cradles the back of the man's remaining hand. To gentle the tumble of Jinx's shard into the palm of his own, whereupon he cradled the other side of her.
And admitted: ] I was going to tell her about your contract. You gave her everything, and I remember seeing her — I knew she'd give it back to you. She and I were the same Aspect, you know? I would have burned everything with her, for you.
[ She was going to be how I saved you, he meant. Because he figured she'd stop at nothing, the same way Silco would for her. With Silco's daughter, his only love and his entire world, held carefully in his hands, he says: ] I am still going to.