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[grigori]

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[arcsplainist]

Only if you are certain. I wished to see how you fared, after all was said and done.

[grigori]

I'm about as fine as I feel like I should be given the situation.

[arcsplainist]

I apologize for not coming to speak to you while it was happening; Alisaie was quick to grab my attention. But you did seem rather upset...

[grigori]

[ oh.

they'll soften. ]

You don't have to apologize for that. You all had the time working against you.

[arcsplainist]

We did, most certainly—and quite unexpectedly, at that. Never afore would I have imagined I would ever partake in a trial, especially not one of that kind.

[grigori]

Neither would I, honestly.

Most trials that I've seen take much more time. I've heard to trials taking years to resolve.

[arcsplainist]

Quite so. 'Tis a miracle we were capable of making it through successfully.

Though I wish it were not necessary at all.

[grigori]

The same with me. I had hoped that we would have been able to resolve our differences without any kind of violence.

[arcsplainist]

There are times where it is inevitable, I am sad to say. There is no stopping the actions of a madman.

[grigori]

There really isn't.

I've never met anyone like that before, and I hope I won't have to.

[arcsplainist]

And I pray you do not either, not again. There was no hope for settling differences, little chance for a better outcome... Qi Rong acted out on a purely selfish desire, and now there is a man who shall never have the chance to return to his home.

[grigori]

[ they'll look up to the sky for a moment. ]

Isn't that kind of sad though? The fact that he will never see beyond what he has become and learn to grow past them. Someone like that seems so sad to me.

Marius is dead and his chance for returning home are bleak. As for Qi Rong—he'll be punish for his crimes but won't learn from them. I wish to be wrong tomorrow.

[arcsplainist]

[ ... ]

I have dealt with others not unlike him afore—those who see their wrongs as right, their justice as the only way, their desires as everything, no matter the cost... Indeed, 'tis always a sad thing, and more oft than not do they not realize the error of their ways. And I wish they would, I truly do.

But I can only ask you do not grow disheartened if he does not.

[grigori]

You truly have been through a lot, haven't you? All for the sake of others as well.

[ ...hm. ]

But don't worry, even if he proves to behave as he seems to always has, I'll have no choice to accept it. Some people are just the way they are.

[arcsplainist]

Aye. An unfortunate truth.

[ ... ]

Nevertheless, justice shall be served. We all can rest tonight knowing that, at the very least.

[grigori]

Indeed it will.

[ and to change the subject— ]

Your sister is quite something, isn't she? I would have thought you two would have been a little more in common in behavior.

[arcsplainist]

—Hm?

[ Oh. Oh, yeah, maybe this warrants a subject change. ]

Hardly, now. I daresay we could not be any more different.

[ That's not true; they do have some similarities. ]

[grigori]

[ look she could mull about depressing things like qi rong or to learn more to him.

they sound far more amused than worried. ]

I can really see that, especially considering that she exploded during the trial. I wouldn't think she would have really killed him but it was a rather violent reaction.

[arcsplainist]

[ He exhales, tiredly. ]

Indeed, 'tis the wont of that uncouth sister of mine. She has, unfortunately, always been rather hot-tempered.

[grigori]

[ sorry but they're going to laugh. ]

And by contrast you're more composed. I suppose you've given up on stopping her whenever she's like that?

[arcsplainist]

[ a "helpful" shrug. ]

I am her brother, not her keeper. Whether or not I approve of her actions won't keep her from picking fights—I daresay she may do so out of spite were I to chide her like our mother would.

[grigori]

I see.

I don't have any siblings; I just have a cousin that I'm close to. I've known of other twins and some of them are quite similar. Some are different, too, but there is some overlap.

[arcsplainist]

Some... Well, that cannot be helped when it comes to family, but it certainly does depend. For us, however... Alisaie does not oft appreciate the comparisons.

[grigori]

No, I imagine not.

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but they'll give a thoughtful hum. ]

The twins that I've come to know in my world often see themselves as each other's wings. Alone they find themselves stuck to the ground but together they're able to soar in the skies.

It seems a bit poetic when I put it that way, doesn't it?

[arcsplainist]

[ yeah! throws them all at you ]

Hah, quite so, and I do understand where they come from. I mean not to imply that my own sister and I barely work together—on the contrary, there is none other I would trust more to watch my back. Yet as a twin, oft are you met with certain... expectations, and neither one of us are terribly keen on leaning into them.