RE: [IC] Swords Beneath the Starlight
05-21-2020, 07:40 PM
Milo perks up at Lain's words.
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"That... helps, thank you. I never considered I'd be the kind of person who needed faith like that, but if that's what the goddess is to you...
Well, I suppose I can have something like that too. Dunno if that's the goddess, or just having some faith in your mission, but I don't think any of us survived only to give up."
He fidgets for a moment before continuing.
"Just to go back for a second though, how did the goddess deliver the sword? Does anyone know?"
Milo awkwardly chuckles at Abner's joke, before returning his focus to Roland.
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"I guess I'm just wondering where I should be focusing next, to help fill out our group's needs. Watching the two of you fight, however briefly, has left me wondering if it would be wise to try and learn how to wield another type of weapon, wear heavier armour, or ride a horse. I suppose you've both had some experience with one or more of those, and I could use some advice on how I could pursue one of those?"
Milo laughs again at Sunny, but it's a little more genuine this time.
"I suppose we are, Sunny. Renegades and traitors to the homeland. Speaking of which..."
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"I think you're mistaken, on how most of us see... saw Progress. If the faith was hard, or unloving, losing it wouldn't, I don't know, be so disquieting. Wouldn't have been as confusing, wouldn't have hurt so much.
To me, and most of those I knew back home, Progress was a way for everyone to everyone to get ahead and have a good life, even a slum rat like me. We could rise above the set life where you are what you were born into and everyone could prosper. The rest of the world just needed to learn that, and put behind their old ways and embrace it. Knowing the truth now, seeing the other side... it's hard to see anything else but that lie.
I guess... that's why it was hard to hear those kids as they died. I don't know if they knew any better, begging Progress for their lives the way they did. I don't know how many of our people will still believe that to their dying breath. Even I had... difficulty learning the truth, and it was a long, hard time coming to it."
"That... helps, thank you. I never considered I'd be the kind of person who needed faith like that, but if that's what the goddess is to you...
Well, I suppose I can have something like that too. Dunno if that's the goddess, or just having some faith in your mission, but I don't think any of us survived only to give up."
He fidgets for a moment before continuing.
"Just to go back for a second though, how did the goddess deliver the sword? Does anyone know?"
Milo awkwardly chuckles at Abner's joke, before returning his focus to Roland.
"I guess I'm just wondering where I should be focusing next, to help fill out our group's needs. Watching the two of you fight, however briefly, has left me wondering if it would be wise to try and learn how to wield another type of weapon, wear heavier armour, or ride a horse. I suppose you've both had some experience with one or more of those, and I could use some advice on how I could pursue one of those?"
Milo laughs again at Sunny, but it's a little more genuine this time.
"I suppose we are, Sunny. Renegades and traitors to the homeland. Speaking of which..."
"I think you're mistaken, on how most of us see... saw Progress. If the faith was hard, or unloving, losing it wouldn't, I don't know, be so disquieting. Wouldn't have been as confusing, wouldn't have hurt so much.
To me, and most of those I knew back home, Progress was a way for everyone to everyone to get ahead and have a good life, even a slum rat like me. We could rise above the set life where you are what you were born into and everyone could prosper. The rest of the world just needed to learn that, and put behind their old ways and embrace it. Knowing the truth now, seeing the other side... it's hard to see anything else but that lie.
I guess... that's why it was hard to hear those kids as they died. I don't know if they knew any better, begging Progress for their lives the way they did. I don't know how many of our people will still believe that to their dying breath. Even I had... difficulty learning the truth, and it was a long, hard time coming to it."