[Liem’s expression clouds with grief, anger flickering sullenly beneath the surface as he thinks of the world he left behind—the one the Regent destroyed in the process of bringing him here. It had possessed its own flaws, but parts of it had been perfect. His patron’s home in Utopia had been one of those places, and he had been forever robbed of the chance to go there, all for the sake of a cause the Regent didn’t even convincingly seem to believe in.]
They have seen fit to waste what perfection my home possessed, what perfection all of our homes possessed, for the sake of their cause. The Regent doesn’t hesitate to demand as if by right that which I promised to the god they killed.
[He all but spits the final word, and his eyes widen as if in shock at his own venom. Folding up one knee, he slumps forward to lean his forehead against it, dragging in a slow, rebellious breath. He mumbles,]
What if there is no better world at the end of the Regent’s plans? What if all they want is to extinguish everything that’s left of this one?
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[Liem’s expression clouds with grief, anger flickering sullenly beneath the surface as he thinks of the world he left behind—the one the Regent destroyed in the process of bringing him here. It had possessed its own flaws, but parts of it had been perfect. His patron’s home in Utopia had been one of those places, and he had been forever robbed of the chance to go there, all for the sake of a cause the Regent didn’t even convincingly seem to believe in.]
They have seen fit to waste what perfection my home possessed, what perfection all of our homes possessed, for the sake of their cause. The Regent doesn’t hesitate to demand as if by right that which I promised to the god they killed.
[He all but spits the final word, and his eyes widen as if in shock at his own venom. Folding up one knee, he slumps forward to lean his forehead against it, dragging in a slow, rebellious breath. He mumbles,]
What if there is no better world at the end of the Regent’s plans? What if all they want is to extinguish everything that’s left of this one?