[Waver's quiet voice brooks no argument as he moves to slide under Iskandar's shoulder to help him get up. This is happening, no complaining to your Exemplar.
Then he opens his mouth. Shuts it. Shuts his eyes as the sickening sensation of flesh sliding against his blade replays in his mind.
When Satya was with them... She truly was their balance. It's so very clear that she was suited to be Iskandar's partner in such a way, a way he simply can't fill. Waver was meant to fight at Iskandar's side, physically present. What was before... it tended to all their needs, and even if it wasn't the most conventional way a god and his shinki fought, it simply worked.]
Iskandar... [He presses his lips together.] I don't want you to be putting yourself in a position where you'll be harmed or killed either. It'd tear me apart to think that I was the cause of it.
[He looks to the side briefly as his insides twist at that sentence. Emotional control is the name of the game right now. Then he swings slightly so he can embrace him.]
If you feel you need to take on another shinki, perhaps, you have my blessing. Or whatever else you feel is necessary.
Both of us are feeling really fucked up right now. That... that was beyond sickening. I never want to go through that again. And you... [Don't even try to pretend right now.] But. Iskandar. I told you to call me. I consented knowing it was going to be nasty and horrifying. We needed to survive.
You did nothing to me. The situation did everything to us.
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[Waver's quiet voice brooks no argument as he moves to slide under Iskandar's shoulder to help him get up. This is happening, no complaining to your Exemplar.
Then he opens his mouth. Shuts it. Shuts his eyes as the sickening sensation of flesh sliding against his blade replays in his mind.
When Satya was with them... She truly was their balance. It's so very clear that she was suited to be Iskandar's partner in such a way, a way he simply can't fill. Waver was meant to fight at Iskandar's side, physically present. What was before... it tended to all their needs, and even if it wasn't the most conventional way a god and his shinki fought, it simply worked.]
Iskandar... [He presses his lips together.] I don't want you to be putting yourself in a position where you'll be harmed or killed either. It'd tear me apart to think that I was the cause of it.
[He looks to the side briefly as his insides twist at that sentence. Emotional control is the name of the game right now. Then he swings slightly so he can embrace him.]
If you feel you need to take on another shinki, perhaps, you have my blessing. Or whatever else you feel is necessary.
Both of us are feeling really fucked up right now. That... that was beyond sickening. I never want to go through that again. And you... [Don't even try to pretend right now.] But. Iskandar. I told you to call me. I consented knowing it was going to be nasty and horrifying. We needed to survive.
You did nothing to me. The situation did everything to us.