catchall; wolfwood

[ohthehumanities]

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[ohthehumanities]

[It doesn't strike him as an odd thing to say, since--well, Nahida's right there, and she's far from the only non-human in Teyvat. Even so:]

I'd heard of object spirits like him. But I never met any myself until we got here. At least, not any that could talk.

[crucifer]

They don't exist on my planet. Pretty sure at least.

[ So the Gous were a first. Non-humans for him means a different sort of thing. ]

[ohthehumanities]

[Hmmm. Kaveh ponders that as he drinks, thinking over what Wolfwood's told him about his planet. Thinking about this place.]

Maybe that's for the best. [It seems so cruel, knowing that even objects can have hearts that break.]

[crucifer]

...I dunno. They were still a lot more human than a lot of faces on No Man's Land.

[ The standards are really low. ]

Maybe it's for the best. Or maybe it could've been better with guys like them.

[ohthehumanities]

[Ah, that's true. He hadn't considered that perspective.

He's quiet for a little while, contemplating that.]

...I didn't know him that well. [He says, finally. They were red-stringed last week, but it's not like Kaveh interrogated him the whole time.] But I think he was the sort who would've liked to go different places. Just to see them, or to help, if he could.

[crucifer]

He stuck his neck out to apologise on behalf of his team even though it's got nothing to do with him. Even though it got him hated by a few people.

[ Maybe even got him killed in the end. ]

...He thought it would be nice if a sword spirit like him could get to go to heaven.

[ohthehumanities]

[There's a fresh wave of guilt, at that--sharp and astringent, like bitter medicine. He's one of those people, after all.

He takes another drink. A longer one, this time.]

What's it like for you? Heaven.

[He wants to know what Buzen was picturing, when he said that. What "heaven" means to them, since it's certainly not what it means in Teyvat.]

[crucifer]

[ He expected that, though his point was that Buzen isn't stupid. It wasn't just some bid to garner pity from others, turn tail and beg mercy. It was genuine honesty, a dying commodity in their world.

And if Kaveh could just understand that about him, then maybe it'd be better. ]

You mean for me, personally, or what it's supposed to be like in our good book?

[ohthehumanities]

[It's something to dwell on over time--which he will, because Kaveh is the sort to grip a glass shard tighter, rather than letting it go. But maybe in a few days, he'll be able to look back on it with a little more clarity.]

Both, or either. [Whichever.]

[crucifer]

It's supposed to be a good afterlife.

Paradise, they call it -- God's kingdom where the good and virtuous get to go.

[ That's really all he has to say about it. ]

[ohthehumanities]

[Kaveh considers that, quietly, his gaze distant. The sense of mourning coming from him now is mixed with something older, deeper.

Eventually, softly:] It sounds nice.

[crucifer]

...Yeah.

[ And he decides maybe he should just leave it at that for Kaveh's sake. ]