[ Flynn grits his teeth, lurching up off the chair. He's too full of energy, of everything to sit, even if the world is still tilting. He can't grab for his sword in here, he can't turn it on Yuri, but he needs something to do, so he just. Stands, curls his arms over his chest, and then uncurls them again. ]
No. Listen to me.
[ Please, he doesn't say, but the plea is in his voice anyway. He needs Yuri to understand. ]
I wouldn't have. Of course I wouldn't have! I couldn't have, but—did you forget your own convictions that quickly? You said yourself that no law would have held them accountable. You were right. Alexei wouldn't have. Ioder might have, but it's highly unlikely. Ragou told me himself that it was my word against his and my word means nothing to the Council, even now! They hate that they have to listen to me, and to get them to punish one of their own? Ragou might have been a monster, but he was right, and so was Cumore. There was no justice coming for them. I couldn't have done anything.
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No. Listen to me.
[ Please, he doesn't say, but the plea is in his voice anyway. He needs Yuri to understand. ]
I wouldn't have. Of course I wouldn't have! I couldn't have, but—did you forget your own convictions that quickly? You said yourself that no law would have held them accountable. You were right. Alexei wouldn't have. Ioder might have, but it's highly unlikely. Ragou told me himself that it was my word against his and my word means nothing to the Council, even now! They hate that they have to listen to me, and to get them to punish one of their own? Ragou might have been a monster, but he was right, and so was Cumore. There was no justice coming for them. I couldn't have done anything.