[Honestly, even given more context, he would still feel this way. To have to lose your family when you cared deeply about them, and worse still—for them to turn up in opposition... that's an idea he can feel sorrow for.]
Mm. That's more common than you might think, Ragna. People often find themselves driven by their anger, their fear, some enemy they can see in the distance. It's easy to make decisions even you regret later, for the future you want, or think you want. But it's important to remember that you aren't just the sum of those things, too.
[As he listens to the other speak and responds in turn, Olivine watches quietly as Ragna's expressions shift and change. It's true that being in a place like this can give its own sort of levity and the drinks may be enhancing that, but what lies beneath is still him. The priest can understand this feeling all too well.]
Yes. If you try, it may still end up worse than you hoped... but if you don't hope, you don't try, and then you know you'll get nothing. And you may be hurting people you never knew would be hurt by your apathy.
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Mm. That's more common than you might think, Ragna. People often find themselves driven by their anger, their fear, some enemy they can see in the distance. It's easy to make decisions even you regret later, for the future you want, or think you want. But it's important to remember that you aren't just the sum of those things, too.
[As he listens to the other speak and responds in turn, Olivine watches quietly as Ragna's expressions shift and change. It's true that being in a place like this can give its own sort of levity and the drinks may be enhancing that, but what lies beneath is still him. The priest can understand this feeling all too well.]
Yes. If you try, it may still end up worse than you hoped... but if you don't hope, you don't try, and then you know you'll get nothing. And you may be hurting people you never knew would be hurt by your apathy.