[It was like he was standing at the edge of a cliff, looking in on something he might never climb back from.]
[Edelgard had a point, Hubert knew she did. He's seen—felt—the effects on her already, these actions and the freedom from her throne. They seemed so much more consequential than small pleasures, to him.]
And you would be satisfied, turning away from such warm things when we return to Fódlan? Able to return to the cold required of you, locking it away as if it'd never happened?
[It felt cruel to ask such a thing, but that had always been Hubert's role, hadn't it? To speak of everything she could not or should not have, and let Edelgard make her own decisions. This was... different than the reprieve that had been their academy days.]
[But he didn't directly deny Edelgard's suggestion. He wanted to let her have these things that've clearly been making her happy. He wanted to reciprocate and take her other hand. Hubert wasn't yet sure stepping off that cliff would be as kind to him.]
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Date: 2020-02-03 02:29 pm (UTC)[Edelgard had a point, Hubert knew she did. He's seen—felt—the effects on her already, these actions and the freedom from her throne. They seemed so much more consequential than small pleasures, to him.]
And you would be satisfied, turning away from such warm things when we return to Fódlan? Able to return to the cold required of you, locking it away as if it'd never happened?
[It felt cruel to ask such a thing, but that had always been Hubert's role, hadn't it? To speak of everything she could not or should not have, and let Edelgard make her own decisions. This was... different than the reprieve that had been their academy days.]
[But he didn't directly deny Edelgard's suggestion. He wanted to let her have these things that've clearly been making her happy. He wanted to reciprocate and take her other hand. Hubert wasn't yet sure stepping off that cliff would be as kind to him.]