shiftingwinds | [7rings] catchall for vira

...I don't know about cold either... a cold person wouldn't want to save someone.

[but... still.

if she were stronger, maybe her brother wouldn't have felt the need to do such a thing at all. maybe the person whose fate was swapped with hers would have been living the life they always should have had, and maybe their family wouldn't have suffered miserable deaths.]

I've always done my best to live up to my godhood. I think... I've done things to be proud of, yes.

[but it's hard to be proud of herself now, knowing she wouldn't have been able to do any of those things if she hadn't stolen someone else's fate.]

[ ...vira finally sits beside her, mostly because by now the red puffiness of her eyes has settled. ]

At least as someone with both power and a kind heart, you can make things right. Most often, people lack for one or the other.

[ that's what she thinks, anyway. it seems this will haunt her forever if she does not do something, and eternity must be a very long time for a god. ]

Since you asked for my opinion, I would say that a lie of that magnitude would rattle me. But ultimately, your own identity is all you have control over—to lose sight of who you are is a dangerous thing.

[...make things right, huh. she wonders how she can do that.

but at least while they're stuck here, she'll have plenty of time to figure it out. it feels like the sort of thing she'd try to rush in and find an immediate answer to, if she were back home, with all of it in front of her - with her brother right there.]

...thank you, Vira.

[...]

The memory I saw... it hasn't happened for me, yet. But, Ming-xiong says it's soon, going by the last thing that I remember. [...] He said I gave up my godhood after I found out about it. But... what I saw was after that, and it looks like I must have confronted my brother about it without my power.

...it... went poorly. [she brings a hand up to her throat, her expression a little haunted.] But maybe things can be different, since I know about it now. Maybe I can find a better way to make this right.

[ she shoots her a sideways, sympathetic look, though she's just as tired. something about this hour makes it easier to open up, but it is a vulnerable moment. ]

You have an opportunity to do so here, at least.

[ she sighs quietly, luminiera settling in her arms for attention as she gazes out at nothing in particular. at least space is lovely. ]

You were resilient enough to survive a machine built for killing. If you seek the right help here, and make a clever enough wish, I don't see why you couldn't change fate for the better.

[that's...

yes. that's possible, isn't it? she smiles, looking out at the space that yuel will be fighting for her life in later on in the week.]

...you're right. I just have to keep that in mind. [she breathes out] ...I feel a lot better, now that we've talked. Really... thank you.

[ she's not really the comforting type, and she hasn't really said anything nice, so this is kind of a surprise. but she looks over at her, quiet for a moment before she nods. ]

...I'm glad. For what it's worth, I think you can do it.

[ she's come this far already. ]

I really appreciate that.

[it's -

it's not comforting, in the most direct sense of the word. but shi qingxuan has lived most of her life with people keeping her in the dark, even about things that affect her.

so for vira to not shy away from asking her tough questions, and to say she believes in her -

it really means a lot.]

[7rings] catchall for vira

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