[ Despite all the harshness in Rau's words, Durandal does not sound hurt. It's a soft-spoken surprise, almost wonder.
He's seen the way the mask slipped just now and he's ready to dig his claws into it and never let go. To be disappointed in someone, you need to have let them in first. Durandal never once believed that Rau thought ill of him - he's not the kind of person who would waste his time on one he didn't find entertaining. Beyond the mere advantage that Durandal's knowledge as a geneticist provides, their friendship was genuine. There is no doubt in his mind. It's just Rau's ceaseless determination towards the end of the world that is harder to break through.
And here, where there's no world left to end, he's willing to take some chances with it.
No longer wanting to be looked down on, Durandal rises to his feet and stares straight into Rau's eyes as best as he can with the mask in the way. ]
Seems like you and I will keep wanting even in death. Into eternity, bound to the curse of our humanity.
[ In a perfect world, Rau would have never been born. Durandal would never have allowed for another tragedy like his very existence. Yet as is, he lived and he lived so fervently that is was mesmerizing. ]
Then let me want all over again. A paradoxical desire that has killed me once before.
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[ Despite all the harshness in Rau's words, Durandal does not sound hurt. It's a soft-spoken surprise, almost wonder.
He's seen the way the mask slipped just now and he's ready to dig his claws into it and never let go. To be disappointed in someone, you need to have let them in first. Durandal never once believed that Rau thought ill of him - he's not the kind of person who would waste his time on one he didn't find entertaining. Beyond the mere advantage that Durandal's knowledge as a geneticist provides, their friendship was genuine. There is no doubt in his mind. It's just Rau's ceaseless determination towards the end of the world that is harder to break through.
And here, where there's no world left to end, he's willing to take some chances with it.
No longer wanting to be looked down on, Durandal rises to his feet and stares straight into Rau's eyes as best as he can with the mask in the way. ]
Seems like you and I will keep wanting even in death. Into eternity, bound to the curse of our humanity.
[ In a perfect world, Rau would have never been born. Durandal would never have allowed for another tragedy like his very existence. Yet as is, he lived and he lived so fervently that is was mesmerizing. ]
Then let me want all over again. A paradoxical desire that has killed me once before.
To make you happy.