[ A horrifying possibility that Flynn has considered entirely too much, late at night. He presses his lips together, curling his own fingers into the meat of the palm and pressing there, too, reminding himself that he is here and not in the abyss of death. ]
Apparently, in the dream, there were stacking consequences to dying. It's possible that each time I died would be worse than the last, and that it would take me longer to remember myself. Perhaps I wouldn't remember myself at all. But more than that, it really would mean that all my training would be for nothing, and that I couldn't actually protect Yuri, or anyone, and then what good is the promise we made? If I can't actually— if I'm that weak—what good am I as a knight?
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If I were to repeatedly die, you mean?
[ A horrifying possibility that Flynn has considered entirely too much, late at night. He presses his lips together, curling his own fingers into the meat of the palm and pressing there, too, reminding himself that he is here and not in the abyss of death. ]
Apparently, in the dream, there were stacking consequences to dying. It's possible that each time I died would be worse than the last, and that it would take me longer to remember myself. Perhaps I wouldn't remember myself at all. But more than that, it really would mean that all my training would be for nothing, and that I couldn't actually protect Yuri, or anyone, and then what good is the promise we made? If I can't actually— if I'm that weak—what good am I as a knight?