[ this is genuine, too, as genuine and warm as the smile on his face. it's tinged with sadness, but - well. honestly what he wants is that peace, more than anything in the world. ]
I want you to be able to achieve what you have been striving for, my friend. [ even if it is violent and vengeful. maybe mizu can do violence as a treat. ] And...I hope that it brings you peace, too.
[taps ic profiles quote. happiness and peace are secondary. a nice bonus if mizu is able to find them after everything is said and done, but not truly necessary. this is easy enough to admit.
it's taair's question that's far more difficult to answer. the vibes are... off. in a strange way. it feels like emptiness, but also not unlike the feeling of trepidation that comes from staring down from the edge of the cliff.]
Perhaps I'll make my way home and take up blacksmithing again. [going home feels like it should be the answer.] But I will not be making any plans. Not until I've fulfilled my vow.
[ ahh... yeah. that's sort of what he was rooting around for, and he smiles a little, folding his hands together and looking out onto the far off horizon for a moment. those off vibes aren't all that surprising, and the smile on his face is soft and understanding, now, settling into place. ]
...That is the hardest part, is it not? When you have been running towards a goal for so long that it is your reason for existence - and then to think of what happens after that.
[ satisfaction is one thing, but satisfaction doesn't account for the life of after. taair wants the world, for mizu. wants that peace, the way things should come after war. for people and for countries, some things are not so different, after all. ]
I don't blame you for that, either. [ something bittersweet, here, and a thought drifts by. I wish I could chronicle your story, too. ] But, I think you would make a fine blacksmith. Your hands are good for so many things, my dear friend, not just for weapons of war.
If you will not make plans, then I will hope for them for you from a distance. [ his head tilts towards him again, with a soft smile. ] And you will simply have to live with the knowledge that someone in another world, far away, is thinking of the future that you will make for yourself.
Insightful as always. [quietly. it's true. dedicating yourself to this one thing for the entirety of your life, ever since you were a child, makes it nearly impossible to envision a life without it.] I was a blacksmith's apprentice first. Long before I dared call myself a proper swordsman. If my master will still have me, I do think I would like to return to his workshop.
[a bit of fondness, mixed in with something bittersweet. the forge is still home, but it's also a matter of whether or not mizu still has a place there after everything is said and done.]
... Very well. In the meantime, know that I expect to hear stories of your nation when we meet again in our next afterlife.
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[ this is genuine, too, as genuine and warm as the smile on his face. it's tinged with sadness, but - well. honestly what he wants is that peace, more than anything in the world. ]
I want you to be able to achieve what you have been striving for, my friend. [ even if it is violent and vengeful. maybe mizu can do violence as a treat. ] And...I hope that it brings you peace, too.
...Have you thought of what you will do after?
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[taps ic profiles quote. happiness and peace are secondary. a nice bonus if mizu is able to find them after everything is said and done, but not truly necessary. this is easy enough to admit.
it's taair's question that's far more difficult to answer. the vibes are... off. in a strange way. it feels like emptiness, but also not unlike the feeling of trepidation that comes from staring down from the edge of the cliff.]
Perhaps I'll make my way home and take up blacksmithing again. [going home feels like it should be the answer.] But I will not be making any plans. Not until I've fulfilled my vow.
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...That is the hardest part, is it not? When you have been running towards a goal for so long that it is your reason for existence - and then to think of what happens after that.
[ satisfaction is one thing, but satisfaction doesn't account for the life of after. taair wants the world, for mizu. wants that peace, the way things should come after war. for people and for countries, some things are not so different, after all. ]
I don't blame you for that, either. [ something bittersweet, here, and a thought drifts by. I wish I could chronicle your story, too. ] But, I think you would make a fine blacksmith. Your hands are good for so many things, my dear friend, not just for weapons of war.
If you will not make plans, then I will hope for them for you from a distance. [ his head tilts towards him again, with a soft smile. ] And you will simply have to live with the knowledge that someone in another world, far away, is thinking of the future that you will make for yourself.
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Insightful as always. [quietly. it's true. dedicating yourself to this one thing for the entirety of your life, ever since you were a child, makes it nearly impossible to envision a life without it.] I was a blacksmith's apprentice first. Long before I dared call myself a proper swordsman. If my master will still have me, I do think I would like to return to his workshop.
[a bit of fondness, mixed in with something bittersweet. the forge is still home, but it's also a matter of whether or not mizu still has a place there after everything is said and done.]
... Very well. In the meantime, know that I expect to hear stories of your nation when we meet again in our next afterlife.