[ For all the powers and magic the lot of them have obtained here, it still feels like they’re all so powerless. It feels like there’s no choice for any of the Summoned, and it’s ridiculously stifling. No one chooses to be here or the faction they end up in, no one chooses when they leave or if they can leave at all. They’re given no information, and the hits come one after another without a break or a moment to breathe.
And it’s not like Eddie is unhappy to be here. He gets a second chance at life (regardless of when it may end), and he’s met so many people here who he can’t imagine life without anymore, but the fact that any of those people can be taken away without a word is stomach churning. He’s had nightmares about them all being taken one by one until he’s the only one left—a nightmare that really ramped up after the crater, when everyone in that bizarre alternate reality began to distance themselves.
He escaped from that event with minimal things to concern himself with, but it was still the loneliest he thinks he’s ever felt, and he feels a little more dread seeping in each and every time he sees signs of what he experienced in the crater becoming reality.
At least there were some good things about it—but there’s a reason things are still a little weird with Steve every time they speak. There’s a reason Eddie is facing the door and not the only person in the store. ]
Oh yeah? [ He snorts, gazing out the glass door into the rest of Steve’s domain. Yeah, they need to do something, but Eddie is at a loss as to what. ]
And what do you suggest? Because I know you’re swamped with work and all, Steve.
[ It’s okay, he’s making a joke, it’s all gonna be fine. He even manages a ghost of a smile. ]
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And it’s not like Eddie is unhappy to be here. He gets a second chance at life (regardless of when it may end), and he’s met so many people here who he can’t imagine life without anymore, but the fact that any of those people can be taken away without a word is stomach churning. He’s had nightmares about them all being taken one by one until he’s the only one left—a nightmare that really ramped up after the crater, when everyone in that bizarre alternate reality began to distance themselves.
He escaped from that event with minimal things to concern himself with, but it was still the loneliest he thinks he’s ever felt, and he feels a little more dread seeping in each and every time he sees signs of what he experienced in the crater becoming reality.
At least there were some good things about it—but there’s a reason things are still a little weird with Steve every time they speak. There’s a reason Eddie is facing the door and not the only person in the store. ]
Oh yeah? [ He snorts, gazing out the glass door into the rest of Steve’s domain. Yeah, they need to do something, but Eddie is at a loss as to what. ]
And what do you suggest? Because I know you’re swamped with work and all, Steve.
[ It’s okay, he’s making a joke, it’s all gonna be fine. He even manages a ghost of a smile. ]