[ what right had he to stay where he wasn't wanted? if manuela would rather not see him, then of course blade would stay away. he has no sense for the nuance of things. it doesn't matter. it shouldn't matter, because blade is a tool, a weapon of vengeance. he is friend to no one, has no tenderness left in him after seven centuries spent reforging his body into something hard and unfeeling.
and yet—and yet. ]
I may be a fool, but even I'm not fool enough to stay where I'm not wanted, [ he says. ] I care for you at a distance, so you can live the life you deserve without interference from someone like me.
[ was that scripted? blade can't remember. it feels true enough—feels right that he set manuela free of the shackles of any relationship between them, so that she can be as free as she deserves to be and pursue whatever life she wants to pursue. ]
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[ what right had he to stay where he wasn't wanted? if manuela would rather not see him, then of course blade would stay away. he has no sense for the nuance of things. it doesn't matter. it shouldn't matter, because blade is a tool, a weapon of vengeance. he is friend to no one, has no tenderness left in him after seven centuries spent reforging his body into something hard and unfeeling.
and yet—and yet. ]
I may be a fool, but even I'm not fool enough to stay where I'm not wanted, [ he says. ] I care for you at a distance, so you can live the life you deserve without interference from someone like me.
[ was that scripted? blade can't remember. it feels true enough—feels right that he set manuela free of the shackles of any relationship between them, so that she can be as free as she deserves to be and pursue whatever life she wants to pursue. ]