People were dying. [He snapped sharply. The he was sucking in a breath, letting it out slowly, trying to calm down, trying to do exactly what Genesis was trying to do. He nudged Oberon and the hound trotted dutifully after her while Atticus took a moment to just breathe.]
I was simply asking if anyone knew of anything else that might have effected this outcome. Just because I'm not advertising that I'm responsible for the changes doesn't mean I'm not able to take that responsibility. I've been to the library. I've looked into the historical changes. It was the first thing I did. I know what I am responsible for. [Just breathing didn't do any good when he started building momentum though. He was angry, mostly at himself. Briar was one of the few people he thought would be able to understand and... he had forgotten how very young the boy was.]
Have you ever been in a war, Briar? Have you ever had to sit back and watch people you care about die because you can't do anything to save them? Not that you're physically or magically unable to but because you know you shouldn't. It's enough to drive a person mad. Four months of telling myself that it wasn't worth the risk. That it wasn't my place. Knowing I could stop all of it if I could just tell my friend to save himself. I was condemning the people with me, all of the people outside the domes, two elementals, and the planet herself to death if I did nothing.
If you really want to condemn me for it you go out there and you look at the bay, all of the land around it. Go out past the mountains, look at the lakes, look at how beautiful it is there. Talk to all of these people living on this land that was nothing but dead ruins before. And tell me you would willingly destroy all of that for the sake of people that had slaughtered your friends over bogus treason charges. [And if all of that was met with more indignant outrage... he'd have to hang up on the kid before he said even more that he shouldn't. Aside from the Morrigan (and occasionally Leif but thinking of the vampire now would be more detrimental to his control of his temper) he hadn't really explained himself to anyone in centuries... but he wasn't used to so many people knowing just who and what he was.]
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People were dying. [He snapped sharply. The he was sucking in a breath, letting it out slowly, trying to calm down, trying to do exactly what Genesis was trying to do. He nudged Oberon and the hound trotted dutifully after her while Atticus took a moment to just breathe.]
I was simply asking if anyone knew of anything else that might have effected this outcome. Just because I'm not advertising that I'm responsible for the changes doesn't mean I'm not able to take that responsibility. I've been to the library. I've looked into the historical changes. It was the first thing I did. I know what I am responsible for. [Just breathing didn't do any good when he started building momentum though. He was angry, mostly at himself. Briar was one of the few people he thought would be able to understand and... he had forgotten how very young the boy was.]
Have you ever been in a war, Briar? Have you ever had to sit back and watch people you care about die because you can't do anything to save them? Not that you're physically or magically unable to but because you know you shouldn't. It's enough to drive a person mad. Four months of telling myself that it wasn't worth the risk. That it wasn't my place. Knowing I could stop all of it if I could just tell my friend to save himself. I was condemning the people with me, all of the people outside the domes, two elementals, and the planet herself to death if I did nothing.
If you really want to condemn me for it you go out there and you look at the bay, all of the land around it. Go out past the mountains, look at the lakes, look at how beautiful it is there. Talk to all of these people living on this land that was nothing but dead ruins before. And tell me you would willingly destroy all of that for the sake of people that had slaughtered your friends over bogus treason charges. [And if all of that was met with more indignant outrage... he'd have to hang up on the kid before he said even more that he shouldn't. Aside from the Morrigan (and occasionally Leif but thinking of the vampire now would be more detrimental to his control of his temper) he hadn't really explained himself to anyone in centuries... but he wasn't used to so many people knowing just who and what he was.]