[Lucky, he doesn't have to explain. He continues not to explain himself in the slightest, replying with only a simple:]
No.
[Which is, in a roundabout way, the truth; he's looking for options for a very different end goal. One that is not, in fact, to blow himself up or anything like that. Who would do that.
He looks at the little effigy as if expecting it to say something to him, like all the other persistent fucked up voices whispering in his ear in this place. He wonders if that would be a good sign or not, if it did; some sign that it's an effigy that has somehow absorbed the appropriate magicks. Give him a moment...
Eh, nothing. He sighs, acorn doll drooping in his grip as his shoulders sag.]
Maxims, then. I'll warn you in advance: I've been told I am an "eminently sour, no-fun miser."
cw: self harm discussion now with reference to suicide
No.
[Which is, in a roundabout way, the truth; he's looking for options for a very different end goal. One that is not, in fact, to blow himself up or anything like that. Who would do that.
He looks at the little effigy as if expecting it to say something to him, like all the other persistent fucked up voices whispering in his ear in this place. He wonders if that would be a good sign or not, if it did; some sign that it's an effigy that has somehow absorbed the appropriate magicks. Give him a moment...
Eh, nothing. He sighs, acorn doll drooping in his grip as his shoulders sag.]
Maxims, then. I'll warn you in advance: I've been told I am an "eminently sour, no-fun miser."