And there it is. Urianger looks away at Geralt's statement, momentarily shamed by the lengths he's gone to in order to ignore something the other man knows to be inevitable fact. That he knows so be inevitable fact, for all he's tried his best to convince himself otherwise. He leans back in his seat, his expression unreadable as he closes his eyes for a short moment: )
... I am unused to this manner of inevitability.
( His lips lift into a tight smile. )
Upon my home Star, Iβ
( He sighs into a humourless chuckle. )
For so long I considered it my duty to pave a path of light from my place in the shadows, that Himeka might walk it unburdened of the knowledge of what each flagstone truly cost. My life has been one of ... orchestrating, some might say. To find myself at the mercy of the orchestrations of others is β most unsettling.
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( But sooner or later, you will stumble again.
And there it is. Urianger looks away at Geralt's statement, momentarily shamed by the lengths he's gone to in order to ignore something the other man knows to be inevitable fact. That he knows so be inevitable fact, for all he's tried his best to convince himself otherwise. He leans back in his seat, his expression unreadable as he closes his eyes for a short moment: )
... I am unused to this manner of inevitability.
( His lips lift into a tight smile. )
Upon my home Star, Iβ
( He sighs into a humourless chuckle. )
For so long I considered it my duty to pave a path of light from my place in the shadows, that Himeka might walk it unburdened of the knowledge of what each flagstone truly cost. My life has been one of ... orchestrating, some might say. To find myself at the mercy of the orchestrations of others is β most unsettling.