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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-24 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ G'raha himself is buried deep in a few of the scrolls, studying the observations made about the sky like it'll point to anything of meaning.

Naturally, it doesn't.

But he lifts his head when Blade says his name... which, really, is a surprise. ]


Raha. I would prefer Raha, if you will.

[ They're friends, and after the hell they've been through these last two weeks, he feels Blade has earned dropping the "G". ]
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-25 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's much better. For a moment, he feels like he's being addressed by Krile back home, one of the only fellow scholars in the School of Baldesion that calls him Raha. ]

Making an attempt.

[ But focusing is hard between the subject of the execution and the events during. His thoughts race and his mind can barely keep up, to the point that the numbers and words on the scrolls turn into nothing meaningful. ]

I presume that you are as well?
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-26 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ he would love her ngl

Blade is right, though. Looking at the sky will help him more than anything else, even if...

Part of it serves as a reminder, in a way, but perhaps that's also what he needs right this moment. ]


Allow me to hazard a guess. You will not be satisfied until Ish has met his end.
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-27 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ He bites back a sigh. ]

...As long as we can ensure that nothing like this ever occurs again, whatever may come to pass afterward will come to pass.

[ G'raha will always allow for mercy when a party intends to abide by the rules of said mercy, but he wouldn't blame anyone who chose to kill Ish either. ]

I refuse to see another innocent life be lost.
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-28 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Blade... being encouraging? It's more likely than you think!

It's definitely more than G'raha ever anticipated, his eyes widening and his ears flicking slightly. ]


My hope is that everyone would follow suit, but like you, I have my doubts. [ He smiles, somewhat sheepish. ] I have held leadership roles before, but this is quite different. Ensuring that morale remains high will be difficult, and understandably so. We've lost an innocent, after all.

[ Not only morale, but he knows there's tension that permeates the group too. He can see it during trials, sense it during other interactions. ]

I have no hope that in a few days' time we won't see another body. But mayhap we can end this cycle not long after.
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-29 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
You are right. It will take a while. To say my spirit hasn't been dampened would be a lie.

[ Watching Siffrin die after their last meeting was... nearly more than he could handle, and it was only made bearable by Siffrin's own demonstration of willpower in managing to illustrate that Ish was not infallible or indestructible. ]

As for what would convince everyone else... I do not know. I fear we may be too far gone to expect nothing to happen after what we witnessed. Yet I believe we will break this cycle nevertheless. We must.
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-30 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Naive or not... the idea that you would do so much warms my heart nevertheless, friend.

[ And if the soft smile that blooms over his face certainly expresses his sincerity. ]

I would be honored to assist you as well. 'Tis important that we do everything in our power to ensure that we break this cycle. I would like to save as many as we can... even if I have no inkling where to begin.
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-30 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Likewise. Neither of us are the sort to sit idly by and allow what has transpired to continue on indefinitely.

[ Even if it happens once, twice, three times more. They'll get this figured out.

They have to. ]


I take it you dislike losing, Blade? I am not much for competition, but I refuse to give up without first giving my all.
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-31 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
I look forward to what your all looks like, Blade. I imagine it will be quite the sight to behold.

[ He's curious what a Blade that fights for a good cause looks like. Will he be sharp and focused and pointed, an embodiment of his name? ]
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[personal profile] allrounder 2025-03-31 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He... really likes this encouragement, honestly. There's something especially uplifting about it coming from Blade, like G'raha has truly earned this side of him.

It's nice. It makes the sting of the trial and the execution and all of its aftermath a little less painful. ]


You really put a large amount of faith in me, friend. I only hope that I can live up to the high standard you have set.