[After a moment of quiet laughter echoing and scratching at the edges of the dream:]
That's what this one said, too. Once upon a time.
[The figure clenches his fists, tense, as he recalls the shared history. A drawn out fight. The war won, but so many battles lost. So many lives ended, most of all hers.]
I was fooled. We all were... it wasn't worth it...
[Even if Octavian had been completely invisible in the darkness of the space, the way Chaos spoke made it clear enough:]
You—how did you die?
[Manners? Please. He's a desperate man on the edge of a cliff, mind trapped in a swirling void with one of the beings that ruined his life. A ghost's feelings are the last thing he cares about.]
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That's what this one said, too. Once upon a time.
[The figure clenches his fists, tense, as he recalls the shared history. A drawn out fight. The war won, but so many battles lost. So many lives ended, most of all hers.]
I was fooled. We all were... it wasn't worth it...
[Even if Octavian had been completely invisible in the darkness of the space, the way Chaos spoke made it clear enough:]
You—how did you die?
[Manners? Please. He's a desperate man on the edge of a cliff, mind trapped in a swirling void with one of the beings that ruined his life. A ghost's feelings are the last thing he cares about.]