[ Five sits with that answer. Even beyond the anguish, he feels so strangely fragile after what happened. The pieces of his mind he was able to cobble back together are balanced so precariously that he could lose his grip and watch them tumble at any given moment. He half-expected Wrath to refuse the request to have the choice taken from him, even if it'd be for his own good, but he would have thought Hell was the last straw.
It still lingers in him, and it's an effort to recognize what happened and didn't. He’d been so certain Ben was real that even now he can't get the image out of his mind. All he sees is his dead family whenever he closes his eyes and he swears the pain he's been carrying belongs to them.
He remembers what Wrath told him back before it got this bad, about preferring that he wasn't under any influence when he made his choice. It isn't lost on him that no one has ever cared so much about his free will. Even Five wouldn't have done the same if he watched someone continue to put them at risk the way he has. He would have put them out of their misery and said it was for their own good.
Instead Wrath urges him forward, and supports his plan to deal with the curse. Going to someone else to drain it is a desperate move, but the alternative of waiting is no longer an option. He’s already asked so much of his friend, and he'd like to at least show he's trying. He’ll continue to debate how much trust he's willing to put into the process until it happens. ]
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It still lingers in him, and it's an effort to recognize what happened and didn't. He’d been so certain Ben was real that even now he can't get the image out of his mind. All he sees is his dead family whenever he closes his eyes and he swears the pain he's been carrying belongs to them.
He remembers what Wrath told him back before it got this bad, about preferring that he wasn't under any influence when he made his choice. It isn't lost on him that no one has ever cared so much about his free will. Even Five wouldn't have done the same if he watched someone continue to put them at risk the way he has. He would have put them out of their misery and said it was for their own good.
Instead Wrath urges him forward, and supports his plan to deal with the curse. Going to someone else to drain it is a desperate move, but the alternative of waiting is no longer an option. He’s already asked so much of his friend, and he'd like to at least show he's trying. He’ll continue to debate how much trust he's willing to put into the process until it happens. ]
...I'll be in touch.