[ HELP YOUR B&W

and it's okay they're both adults here and can make terrible adult decisions in the face of (yaywon voice) grief. (diluc is not drinking, however, for his own reasons.) ]

...He was the best of us.

Mm.

[ looks down into his glass. ]

That would have kind of pissed me off, normally. I always thought that was such an annoying character archetype.

[ diluc nods, not necessarily in agreement but in acknowledgement of subverted expectations. ]

It's difficult not to be drawn to his earnestness.

...I wish we knew the reason for any of this.

[ another week without definitive answers. another set of bodies on their hands. ]

Yeah. [ a more moderately sized sip... ] It's just... too many weird things with too regular of a pattern for there to not be a reason.

Yes. It's also inconceivable anyone would wish harm on Sidon.

[ or ashe, or the others before them. ]

...Whatever it is, it's thinning our numbers.

[ it's only w2 help us ]