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Paul Atreides (
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House Atreides
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 06:50 pm (UTC)
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[A scratchy, wavering half-inhale. A pause.]
So am I.
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peripheries
2022-10-29 06:53 pm (UTC)
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[Well, now he feels a little guilty.]
You don't always have to be. Even though you think you do.
[Suddenly. An intrusive thought.]
I haven't done a good job guarding you.
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 07:05 pm (UTC)
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[Guilt isn't Paul's intent. When he presses the Omni to his brow to feel its fleeting coolness, all he's after is connection.
But that's the cost of being as overworn as he is. He isn't keeping himself tempered.]
This isn't your fault. What were you supposed to have done?
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peripheries
2022-10-29 07:17 pm (UTC)
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Not burned.
Stayed close.
[Connection is all he wants too. And he feels guilt that they are not close right now. That they would have stayed close if his body had not failed him.]
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-29 07:48 pm (UTC)
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Don't do that.
Don't take responsibility for things you couldn't help.
I don't know what to say when you talk like that, or what I'm supposed to do.
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peripheries
2022-10-30 05:52 pm (UTC)
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I don't know either. I just wanted to say it.
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-30 06:02 pm (UTC)
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...I know.
It's hard. I wish I knew how to make it easier without being there.
When I come home, I'm not letting you go for a week.
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peripheries
2022-10-30 06:09 pm (UTC)
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What if I find you first?
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terriblepurpose
2022-10-30 06:39 pm (UTC)
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Won't make a difference. Your fate is sealed.
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So am I.
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You don't always have to be. Even though you think you do.
[Suddenly. An intrusive thought.]
I haven't done a good job guarding you.
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But that's the cost of being as overworn as he is. He isn't keeping himself tempered.]
This isn't your fault. What were you supposed to have done?
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Stayed close.
[Connection is all he wants too. And he feels guilt that they are not close right now. That they would have stayed close if his body had not failed him.]
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Don't take responsibility for things you couldn't help.
I don't know what to say when you talk like that, or what I'm supposed to do.
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no subject
It's hard. I wish I knew how to make it easier without being there.
When I come home, I'm not letting you go for a week.
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