[ It comes out with a strength that surprises even him. He doesn't know, not for sure, but he believes it. He was happy there. Sometimes it was hard, but he was happy. Why would they have given him that if there was no chance of any other life but this? ]
It's a good place. They take good care of the kids. They've gotta know, but... maybe it's a trade. Let them take a few likely candidates in exchange for the chance to provide a good life for the rest.
I don't hold it against them. We all have to make shitty choices. If letting the Eye make me into what I am meant they could feed and clothe twenty other kids instead of letting them rot in the desert, I can live with that.
[ It's harder to reconcile what happened to Livio. He wasn't chosen, after all. He followed, and they could have stopped him. He could have grown up, maybe healed the damage that fractured him before the Eye ever got their hands on him. Maybe he'd have gotten married one day, had kids Wolfwood could visit and play terrible uncle for.
But Livio was always soft, giving. Wolfwood can't say he wouldn't have rationalized it the same way he does: that his life isn't a bad trade for a whole lot of others. ]
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[ It comes out with a strength that surprises even him. He doesn't know, not for sure, but he believes it. He was happy there. Sometimes it was hard, but he was happy. Why would they have given him that if there was no chance of any other life but this? ]
It's a good place. They take good care of the kids. They've gotta know, but... maybe it's a trade. Let them take a few likely candidates in exchange for the chance to provide a good life for the rest.
I don't hold it against them. We all have to make shitty choices. If letting the Eye make me into what I am meant they could feed and clothe twenty other kids instead of letting them rot in the desert, I can live with that.
[ It's harder to reconcile what happened to Livio. He wasn't chosen, after all. He followed, and they could have stopped him. He could have grown up, maybe healed the damage that fractured him before the Eye ever got their hands on him. Maybe he'd have gotten married one day, had kids Wolfwood could visit and play terrible uncle for.
But Livio was always soft, giving. Wolfwood can't say he wouldn't have rationalized it the same way he does: that his life isn't a bad trade for a whole lot of others. ]