Hmm, I can hear that your words are meant to comfort me. Thank you.
[Really, you have to do a lot to offend Enkidu, Avenger.]
Yet it is quite simple. Weapons are made to be used by someone. When they are left unused, they will rot.
[And that is what they are, a weapon without an owner. When they turn towards the other again the look on their face is everything except that of someone who feels insulted. It is perfectly neutral.]
They are a distasteful hindrance to our existence in this place. And yet, the consequences to be dire if we resist.
[this isn't answering the question, but he levels his eyes on Enkidu.]
When you come to grips with the fact that you will require one, insist that whoever it is take you as a partner, not a weapon. It will give you more sway in whatever choice you have made.
Yet it isn't death itself that hurts. It is saying goodbye. [Finally they shake their head.] I rather fulfil my purpose, Avenger. It is better if I do. I wish you good luck with the bond you made. Yet I want to advice you to never call your partner a distasteful hindrance in front of them.
Existence is a cruel thing. Why should this world be any different?
[he tucks his hands in his pockets, letting the bitterness of his words show. even if the flame in his core marking him as an Avenger has been changed, he can keep it burning with such sentiments.]
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[Really, you have to do a lot to offend Enkidu, Avenger.]
Yet it is quite simple. Weapons are made to be used by someone. When they are left unused, they will rot.
[And that is what they are, a weapon without an owner. When they turn towards the other again the look on their face is everything except that of someone who feels insulted. It is perfectly neutral.]
May I ask you... are you bonded to someone?
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[his bonding was his own secret, for now. a necessity, not something he wants to spread everywhere.]
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[And even though they do not want to think about the past, clinging to said past is all they do.]
I merely want to know if you are.
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[this isn't answering the question, but he levels his eyes on Enkidu.]
When you come to grips with the fact that you will require one, insist that whoever it is take you as a partner, not a weapon. It will give you more sway in whatever choice you have made.
[it's the best advice he can give.]
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[They look at the other.]
We'll die.
[Enkidu frowns as they say that.]
Yet it isn't death itself that hurts. It is saying goodbye. [Finally they shake their head.] I rather fulfil my purpose, Avenger. It is better if I do. I wish you good luck with the bond you made. Yet I want to advice you to never call your partner a distasteful hindrance in front of them.
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[frankly, he was lucky to have found someone so quick who was willing to keep his secrets. it freed his mind to worry about a thousand other things.]
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I do not hate bonds. Yet there are certain promises I cannot break.
[And there is a certain safety in holding on to their purpose.]
It is either...bond or die. [Finally they step away a little.] That is quite cruel. [Then they stay silent for a long time.]
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[he tucks his hands in his pockets, letting the bitterness of his words show. even if the flame in his core marking him as an Avenger has been changed, he can keep it burning with such sentiments.]
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[Enkidu ignores the bitter undertone of the other's words.]
To me the cruelty lies within remembering what you have left behind. It could be that that is where we differ.