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

[downswing]

Only a child.

[bearshermark]

You underestimate me.

[downswing]

I deny you carnage. You seek it?

[bearshermark]

[Quiet for a moment, as he puts things together.]

..What happened?

[downswing]

The inevitable.

[bearshermark]

[Goddess above]

Blood and carnage? There were only two of them.

[downswing]

They could not be saved.

[bearshermark]

..I understand that, but there's no need for- well, carnage.

[downswing]

All execution is carnage.

[bearshermark]

Yes, but there is no need to shield me from an ordinary execution.

[downswing]

'Ordinary,' Do not trivialise life.

[bearshermark]

Don't you dare- that isn't-

I'm wondering if there's any reason I should be wary of your execution methods.

[downswing]

The dead did not suffer needlessly.

[bearshermark]

[Relief, and with it, a good bit more calm]

..Okay.