[ Silco's eyes were affixed. Not to Set, but to his everything in Set's palm. One could perhaps guess that when a family member, or treasured soul was gone, that one would venerate it, but Silco's focus is singular, and it always has been. There was a reality in which he attuned to Meridian -- or had the potential to -- but not when Jinx was dying. Not when this was their only chance at survival. Not when this was the only avenue.
And even then. He'd messed up. He was losing her, and the contract would cement it, just as surely as it had been before. Just as certainly. In his pursuit of revenge, in his pursuit of making it so, or perhaps even in his pursuit of keeping her close...
He'd lost her. He'd lost his daughter, he'd lost all the objects he'd sought out originally, and it was only through his own dogged inability to let things go, that Sebastian remained in his employ -- and perhaps his soul spoken for. He could see that now. He could understand that perhaps even that had been an attempt to keep his... dinner (?) warm and ready for him.
Set presents an avenue, that he might look toward the wording. Perhaps there was a way. Silco wondered, but did not dare hope for emancipation from this danger. No, he knew. He knew what the value of his soul was worth, after all. To anyone other than Sebastian? Maybe Set? Nothing. ]
Nobody has ever chosen me, Set. Yima is just another in a long, long line of them. It was never about her world, but in destroying everything. [ A twitch of his lips, tightening. ] There's little in what is left that has value, after all. [ There is no Jinx. ]
It was always about making sure she was alive. In that new world? That's all it ever was.
[ His hands twitch, as if to reach out, to take her. His hand under Set's, not moving away, even though Set could see the impulse, to pull her back into his hands, to protect her. The fact that he doesn't keep her on his person is only a testament to the dangers in Kenos itself, and how he desperately tries to protect her, even now. ]
Yima is not who I am loyal to. I never have been. [ He placed his hand over Jinx's shard, in Set's hand. ] This is everything that matters to me. I will do anything to make sure she's alive, Set. I will find a way out of my contract if I can, but --
[ But he's human. He's, just like his daughter, made one too many mistakes. The spoiler, and always has been. Like father, like daughter, really. He'd cared so much about getting there, that he'd not seen the forest from the trees. ]
I needed you to know. To save her, before... [ A swallow. ] Before she's lost again. She's already dead, Set. There is no saving her, if she is not here. Even if it is all saved, she is still gone, unless she is taken away from there.
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And even then. He'd messed up. He was losing her, and the contract would cement it, just as surely as it had been before. Just as certainly. In his pursuit of revenge, in his pursuit of making it so, or perhaps even in his pursuit of keeping her close...
He'd lost her. He'd lost his daughter, he'd lost all the objects he'd sought out originally, and it was only through his own dogged inability to let things go, that Sebastian remained in his employ -- and perhaps his soul spoken for. He could see that now. He could understand that perhaps even that had been an attempt to keep his... dinner (?) warm and ready for him.
Set presents an avenue, that he might look toward the wording. Perhaps there was a way. Silco wondered, but did not dare hope for emancipation from this danger. No, he knew. He knew what the value of his soul was worth, after all. To anyone other than Sebastian? Maybe Set? Nothing. ]
Nobody has ever chosen me, Set. Yima is just another in a long, long line of them. It was never about her world, but in destroying everything. [ A twitch of his lips, tightening. ] There's little in what is left that has value, after all. [ There is no Jinx. ]
It was always about making sure she was alive. In that new world? That's all it ever was.
[ His hands twitch, as if to reach out, to take her. His hand under Set's, not moving away, even though Set could see the impulse, to pull her back into his hands, to protect her. The fact that he doesn't keep her on his person is only a testament to the dangers in Kenos itself, and how he desperately tries to protect her, even now. ]
Yima is not who I am loyal to. I never have been. [ He placed his hand over Jinx's shard, in Set's hand. ] This is everything that matters to me. I will do anything to make sure she's alive, Set. I will find a way out of my contract if I can, but --
[ But he's human. He's, just like his daughter, made one too many mistakes. The spoiler, and always has been. Like father, like daughter, really. He'd cared so much about getting there, that he'd not seen the forest from the trees. ]
I needed you to know. To save her, before... [ A swallow. ] Before she's lost again. She's already dead, Set. There is no saving her, if she is not here. Even if it is all saved, she is still gone, unless she is taken away from there.