[His smile wanes - corners tugging downwards and eye dulling for only a moment before his focus swims from the vacuum between them to bore into Lavi's fatigued, dark eye. Tragedies are so common they're constant - he knows this well.
The comment was clearly meant as a segue, but it digs into him regardless, eliciting reminders of the pyre licking at his ribs, always burning with the raging flames that still consume him.
They'll envelop all else as well, he knows because he'll see to it himself.
Such a thought guides his face back to a sharp grin.] Conspiracy theories... or wishful thinking?
Blame the Company and be burned with the rest of them, or blame your neighbor and spit in the ashes of their memory. Wouldn't it be easier to give responsibility for such a terror to another force entirely?
[He shrugs - apparently having better things to do than elaborate on ravings of confused reports but not too busy to spin vague questions they both know aren't quite relevant.]
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The comment was clearly meant as a segue, but it digs into him regardless, eliciting reminders of the pyre licking at his ribs, always burning with the raging flames that still consume him.
They'll envelop all else as well, he knows because he'll see to it himself.
Such a thought guides his face back to a sharp grin.] Conspiracy theories... or wishful thinking?
Blame the Company and be burned with the rest of them, or blame your neighbor and spit in the ashes of their memory. Wouldn't it be easier to give responsibility for such a terror to another force entirely?
[He shrugs - apparently having better things to do than elaborate on ravings of confused reports but not too busy to spin vague questions they both know aren't quite relevant.]