azume | with knowledge comes great responsibility

with knowledge comes great responsibility

[What an absolute ordeal all of that was.

Today was certainly one hell of a day, that's for sure; they've managed to take care of another Guardian and gain it's trust (or at the very least, something resembling it), they managed to find Candice and manage to...well, maybe not get her back in a state that's altogether wanted, but ensure they managed to get her at least into a place where she could possibly regain herself. It will likely be a process, as such things are, but they've done their best, and they should have no regrets.

The center is definitely going to be a welcome reprieve for all of their suffering, at the very least. The Kompot is certainly more than enough to likely get everyone warmed back up and in a stable condition, along with the copious amount of blankets the locals have provided. They've got the time to rest and get ready for their next adventure.

Rest well, ye merry band of travelers. You've earned it.]

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Hey, don't mention it.

[He seems pleased, though, in his own way.]

I've been through some shit that was pretty bad; I just tried not to think about it until it was over. Maybe not the best way to deal with it, but it kept everything from doing my head in.

That's what I did back home too. There was usually some down time to think about it - we did a lot of traveling like this - but there were always monsters to fight and that'd usually keep me busy enough.

I had six months where I couldn't really do much but think about shit. Absolutely wouldn't recommend it.

That long? Sounds awful.

What happened? If you don't mind me asking.

Those people who were after something I've got - they caught up with me and threw me in prison in another country.

[He's quiet for a moment.]

I told you about how I don't get sick ever, yeah? Because of something that's in my blood. That's what they were after. They did experiments on me for six months, used my blood to make their viruses stronger so they could wipe out huge amounts of the population.

So Uxie screaming about that sort of thing earlier didn't go over too well.

[Oh, that's... really upsetting, actually...]

I'm really sorry, Jake.

[He hesitates, unsure of what to say next. Kidnapped for your power so they can use that power to hurt people... It isn't something he's experienced, exactly, but Estelle... He at least has some idea of how terrible it is.]

...It's probably a dumb question given everything, but are you okay?

[Mm.]

I think so? If I'm not now, I'll be okay by morning. Just kind of working on it now, I guess.

...If this sorta thing is bothering you at any point, you can come spar with me. Who knows, maybe I'll get better with practice.

[He's. He's trying to help, he's just kind of Bad At This and fighting is clearly always a good solution??]