Ardbert opens his mouth to say that they could've done something between the two of them, perhaps. Maybe they could've contained the light between the both of their souls. It had only been a little too much—
His counterargument is forgotten by the time his hand drops limply to his side and he looks up to her in faint horror. Ardbert was doomed no matter what. Cruelly, that gives him relief. He couldn't have saved himself. It had been the best he could do to accept the end of his existence as a separate person with a smile.
"Forgiven Hope," Ardbert knows that would've been the name of her Sin Eater. "Gods, if I hadn't... I would've been left behind to watch, again...."
Ardbert slowly brings his eyes downwards as he brings his hands up. They're trembling. It had been the same as those in Era's strange shared nightmare. He can remember the gentle medic's screams.
cw: speaking of which, ECHO TIME
But he's cut off by that familiar feeling, bringing his hand up to his head as he's suddenly taken away from himself through the power of the Echo.
His counterargument is forgotten by the time his hand drops limply to his side and he looks up to her in faint horror. Ardbert was doomed no matter what. Cruelly, that gives him relief. He couldn't have saved himself. It had been the best he could do to accept the end of his existence as a separate person with a smile.
"Forgiven Hope," Ardbert knows that would've been the name of her Sin Eater. "Gods, if I hadn't... I would've been left behind to watch, again...."
Ardbert slowly brings his eyes downwards as he brings his hands up. They're trembling. It had been the same as those in Era's strange shared nightmare. He can remember the gentle medic's screams.