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[inkindled]

I just reckoned I'd die. I don't even mean it like--badly, just... I kept not dying. And every time, it was like, surely the next time I would.

[Maybe that was too much. Matthias bites hard on his lower lip, like that might shut him up.]

And even once Corypheus is gone, the other war--that's still there. It's none of it settled, not properly. I won't go back to the Circle. I know that. I don't much care about anything else. I could live in a sodding hole, just--not Circles.

[tender]

[ There is a quiet inhale on the other end of the crystal, a brief pause, and then— ]

I understand.

[ All of it. The shock of being alive in spite of everything, the weight of uncertainty hanging over all their heads now. ]

I promise, I would never leave you to be sent to a Circle again. No matter what happens.

[inkindled]

I wouldn't let me either. And I wouldn't let you be sent there, if they tried. And--

[No, there's no more to say. Matthias pulls his knees close to his chest and stares hard at the sending crystal until it blurs. Thickly, he manages--]

Thanks. You're on my side. I know it. I knew it before, too, before I contacted you and all, I only-- wanted to talk to someone about it.

Thanks.

[tender]

You don't need to thank me. It's what friends do for each other, isn't it? You can always talk to me, whenever you need.

[inkindled]

Yeah. Thanks.

And you, er-- you can do the same. If you need it. I dunno that you do. But if you do, yeah?

[tender]

If I do, I know where to find you.