TFLN OVERFLOW

[thecompulsion]

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[witchimage]

[ Her "master". She hates the reminder, but she won't begrudge him too much for it. ]

Why not enlist him? Who else from HIS domain do you think you can trust?

I know that I could have had my pick of several of them. I know that if you cannot reach a spokesperson from the Corruption, I have one for you.

[thecompulsion]

I must speak to them.

If I united the fears to bring them here then I ...must unite them to make sure they last.

Death is already with us.

[witchimage]

Clearly, Archivist, this is your design, but if you seek those who will follow your lead AND to keep your lover close, then trust him.

Unless the protection he needs is from himself, of course.

Who else will you call upon?

[thecompulsion]

The flesh, the hunt, the slaughter, the desolation. The Dark and the Lonely can defend themselves.

...I cannot see it and that frightens me.

[witchimage]

Frightens you? Oh, but Archivist, did you not wish for this, once upon a time? To not Know is so utterly human of you.

[thecompulsion]

...Naivete is a vice that I allowed myself once upon a time.

No longer.

....Martin deserves better. Humans do too.

[witchimage]

And to give them such, you cannot, yourself, remain human.

[ It's - obviously - not a question. ]

[thecompulsion]

It feels like a lifetime since I broke into the institute to retrieve items for you.

But yes.

Martin and the others will be happy. And we will rule them. And do our best to keep them safe.

[witchimage]

But hasn't it been? That was a very different lifetime.

Happy. Yes, I suppose even humans might be able to figure out how to be so, even in the face of something like this.