Wilhelm makes a face as the wine slides down his throat, leaving behind a faint coppery taste in his mouth like he's bitten his tongue. They should have just drank straight from the bottle, but he holds that thought in. Otherwise, his thoughts follow the same brooding bend as Kell's, the same ruts they've circled ever since Wilhelm woke up in the crater and found that Kelson was gone.
Sabine was gone too. Wilhelm never really knew her, but he knows Kell was close to her. Losing her so soon after losing Rhy must have felt like a kick to the gut when he was already sprawled out in the dirt.
Closing his eyes, he can still see the searing threads of light that burst out around him when he and Jack combined their power — and their reckless stupidity — to try to locate the ones they'd lost. Their failure felt like a door closing forever, but it couldn't keep out all the what ifs that stalk him.
He puffs out a sad, staccato laugh.
"The Singularity can go fuck itself." No, that doesn't make any sense. No, Wilhelm doesn't care. "You know, the best thing about that weird future was that...we were all, like, bound here. Because we were gods. We couldn't leave, right? So we didn't have to lose anybody."
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Sabine was gone too. Wilhelm never really knew her, but he knows Kell was close to her. Losing her so soon after losing Rhy must have felt like a kick to the gut when he was already sprawled out in the dirt.
Closing his eyes, he can still see the searing threads of light that burst out around him when he and Jack combined their power — and their reckless stupidity — to try to locate the ones they'd lost. Their failure felt like a door closing forever, but it couldn't keep out all the what ifs that stalk him.
He puffs out a sad, staccato laugh.
"The Singularity can go fuck itself." No, that doesn't make any sense. No, Wilhelm doesn't care. "You know, the best thing about that weird future was that...we were all, like, bound here. Because we were gods. We couldn't leave, right? So we didn't have to lose anybody."