hyanaimne | traumaprom the second

Saying I am worth even that is a stretch.

[this is not a conversation she wants to have. She barely gets the words out evenly]

Clover.

[okay it's easy to be mad but nope, he can't help but let some dismay slip in there]

Don't. [it's snapped out, but there's an undertone of pleading there. She takes a shaky breath]

I could give her my magic, or my memories, but how do we know that is enough? How do we know what you're willing to sacrifice is enough?

We don't know. But it's more than what I offered last time.

[he'll offer more so that she'll let him be the one on the chopping block]

[she bites her lip, half in an attempt to keep her crumbling mask in some semblance of order, before she turns away to go lean against the far wall]

It is more than what I was allowed to offer last time as well.

"Allowed to"?

[normally he'd follow her to the far wall, but instead he stays where he is, though he's watching her closely from where he stands]

Lace would not accept any of my sacrifices.

[is it a surprise that she argued with Lace too though, no it's not]

[not even a little bit]

I am more than aware that you would not allow me to be the one chosen without offering your own sacrifice.

[yes he is still assuming he's going to be the one who might die. also, though, HE GETS IT, he almost didn't let League offer anything the first time.]

. . . I never agreed to you being the one chosen in the first place.

[Ampere please]

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You are not going to sacrifice yourself for me.

[after that admission? hahaha no he's not even taking the chance that she dies]

[so her self-worth is a little low, that means nothing]

And I'm not letting you die, so we are at an impasse, it seems.

["my life only has worth when I give it up for others" is not a little low]

There is no point in both of us dying for sure.

Then stop being so bloody stubborn.

[he's just giving her a look]

[IGNORING THE LOOK and sliding down the wall to sit, knees drawn up. It makes it easier to hide in her cloak, too]

[again, he doesn't try to get up in her space or make her look at him or anything.

but after a few minutes of silence, he sighs]

Clover. We have to make a decision, or we both die.

[she folds her arms on her knees and drops her head to rest on top of them. Her voice is muffled when she speaks up]

Choose something else to give up. I won't let you sacrifice your memories of Nadia.

Nothing else is important enough. I have learned my lesson, there.

[because that's what akasha said, right? about them learning their lesson from the first time]

[nnnot lifting her head]

That's why you should just let me give up what I want, you stubborn old fool.

[a breath] I saw what giving up one's memories of someone here did. I don't - want to deal with that.

[subtly saying that her memories of him are the most important and she doesn't want to hurt him. Y'know, more than she already has today]

[right and letting her die for him absolutely won't hurt him]

Absolutely not.

Besides, that's why my giving up my memories of Nadia makes the most sense. It hurts no one here.

[except possibly him]

Except you.

[like she isn't calling him on his bullshit again]

Perhaps. It is a risk I'm willing to take.

"Perhaps"? Did you not tell me she was someone you cared very deeply for?

...She was, yes.

[he's absolutely not telling her that he married Nadia rn]

Then don't lie. [she lifts her head, finally, to glare at him] If you are so determined to give up those memories, then be honest about what will happen.

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