un: heart-fluttering hummingbird | audio (forward-dated: 24 May)

[downswing]

( A silence to his mouth, begrudging. The words, when he does speak them, gravel between teeth: )

...apologies. The blood in the northern halls will want more hands for the washing.

We made insufficient attempt.


( ooc: posted today for ooc ease, but assume this comes up after Sizhui/Eleven/Mingyu speak with the miners, around 24 May. Alina and Lan Wangji have given the miners their mercy kill, before they could fully transition, and removed the bodies from where they were kept... but clean-up. )

Comments

[darkeststars]

Let us hope there isn't one, but my saber stands ready.

You made the actual kills then?

[sankta]

We can only hope.

We both did, but yes. I pushed to save them, I just didn't realize the kind of saving they needed.

[darkeststars]

Hm, I see. Don't think I've heard about your skills in much detail as yet.

At least we had people there who recognized that sometimes mercy and violence may be the same thing. I doubt that can be said of all our number.

[sankta]

I've learned that lesson the hard way in the past. It's not something I want to repeat, but I had to take responsibility.

I summon sunlight. In case you ever need to know again.

[darkeststars]

Admirable.

And this sunlight does more than burn, I take it.