It's more complicated than that. I could go back to minutes before I died, when the fire was set. Avoid it all together.
[and it should be an easy choice. it really should! but mizu looks down at her hand, slowly clenching it into a fist and then relaxing it like she's recalling her grip around something in particular.]
But I had one of the men I am sworn to kill right where I wanted him. He was at my complete mercy. Regardless of what I do to save my life, I must not let him escape with his.
[there's a reason why mizu was less "oh no i'm dead" and more "is that fucker also dead" right on w0. this fucking dumbass.]
[Fuck. It's not like he can convince her to just let this one go, huh?]
Do you have any idea of where he might have been before he got to where you had him? Maybe you can rewind things enough to corner him in a less flammable locale.
[he absolutely cannot. :) mizu will die on this hill! twice. she's already done it once, after all.]
On his way to storm a castle with an army of men armed with guns. [very dryly, like. the window of opportunity is just Bad.] And before that, I was... indisposed. For some months.
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[and it should be an easy choice. it really should! but mizu looks down at her hand, slowly clenching it into a fist and then relaxing it like she's recalling her grip around something in particular.]
But I had one of the men I am sworn to kill right where I wanted him. He was at my complete mercy. Regardless of what I do to save my life, I must not let him escape with his.
[there's a reason why mizu was less "oh no i'm dead" and more "is that fucker also dead" right on w0. this fucking dumbass.]
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[Fuck. It's not like he can convince her to just let this one go, huh?]
Do you have any idea of where he might have been before he got to where you had him? Maybe you can rewind things enough to corner him in a less flammable locale.
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On his way to storm a castle with an army of men armed with guns. [very dryly, like. the window of opportunity is just Bad.] And before that, I was... indisposed. For some months.
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Or the one that turns you into a worm. I would have no complaints if he met his end under the heel of someone's boots.
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See? Problem solved! Good thinking, Mizu!
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