I know. That's incredibly human and universal even, eh?
But it's even more complicated. Or maybe I'm making it too complicated.
[He grabs a seat and relaxes, drinking from his own bottle.] Before I got here, my Pops was dying, and I went to that war to rescue Ace, aye? And when I go back, it's to a war the size of the whole world.
[A small gulp, because he still doesn't know how to put it all together, much less how to present it.] I don't want to go back to that war, because there is no winning, it's just a matter of surviving. But here...
[He rubs the bridge between his eyes.] It seems lately I live for war. And that's what my name means, eh? God of War and Destruction. I'm trying to use it to protect my family, but the more I hear that challenged, the more I become certain that all I want to do is kick my enemies in their faces and blaze a swath of destruction several ships wide.
Everyone keeps telling me I shouldn't embrace it so much. Thatch doesn't want me embracing the darkness, Lea said disrupting this world would cause it to fall to darkness, and my world already is. [His eyes light up, blue flames as fierce as they ever get.] I've never had a problem with being a monster, or a bad guy, and I know what I hate, who I hate, and why. But I know all this anger that needs a release could have a backlash.
And I don't care. No, I'm looking forward to it. I thirst to prove that nothing this world's navy sends at me can stop me from getting back up and breaking them.
[He glances away and leans his forehead into a hand.] But I suppose the consequences are not mine alone to face. [Waves his other hand dismissively.] All the more reason to part with those without the conviction to face it.
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I know. That's incredibly human and universal even, eh?
But it's even more complicated. Or maybe I'm making it too complicated.
[He grabs a seat and relaxes, drinking from his own bottle.] Before I got here, my Pops was dying, and I went to that war to rescue Ace, aye? And when I go back, it's to a war the size of the whole world.
[A small gulp, because he still doesn't know how to put it all together, much less how to present it.] I don't want to go back to that war, because there is no winning, it's just a matter of surviving. But here...
[He rubs the bridge between his eyes.] It seems lately I live for war. And that's what my name means, eh? God of War and Destruction. I'm trying to use it to protect my family, but the more I hear that challenged, the more I become certain that all I want to do is kick my enemies in their faces and blaze a swath of destruction several ships wide.
Everyone keeps telling me I shouldn't embrace it so much. Thatch doesn't want me embracing the darkness, Lea said disrupting this world would cause it to fall to darkness, and my world already is. [His eyes light up, blue flames as fierce as they ever get.] I've never had a problem with being a monster, or a bad guy, and I know what I hate, who I hate, and why. But I know all this anger that needs a release could have a backlash.
And I don't care. No, I'm looking forward to it. I thirst to prove that nothing this world's navy sends at me can stop me from getting back up and breaking them.
[He glances away and leans his forehead into a hand.] But I suppose the consequences are not mine alone to face. [Waves his other hand dismissively.] All the more reason to part with those without the conviction to face it.