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[lingeringfear]

[There's something distinctly different about Fear when he turns the video on this time. He seems even less human than normal, not breathing, not blinking, as if he's forgotten how to manipulate his form so that it actually appears lifelike.

He manages to move his mouth as he speaks, but the motion doesn't quite sync up with the words echoed in through the mic.]

...so I've finally failed.

[His eyes are unfocused, but he looks downward, contemplative.]

I only got half the city out. It won't be enough- we can't start over, not without Hope. So it ends here, I suppose.

[He takes in his first breath since beginning the recording, letting it out in a long sigh.]

I'm sorry.

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[avephoenix]

[If that's what you need, then Faith's your girl, Mr. Sorrow.

In a better time, she'd play it off, laugh and ask that's all? like the threat of annihilation isn't real. Right now, though, she gives a firm nod, conviction hardening her gaze.]

I'll do everything I can, for all our sakes. [She's got fire. She's got superhuman speed and strength. She can heal people. She will do her part. All the power her double unleashed for destruction, Faith will channel towards helping this half of the city survive.] If you need anything else, just tell me so. I refuse to let you all be killed again.

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[thirdreturned]

Thank you.

[He knows that Faith is on their side, but he hadn't quite been expecting that kind of promise. It gives Sorrow the slightest amount of pause and he feels a strange sort of gratitude toward her and the others hellbent on getting them out of here- but that's for later. There are things he needs to tend to.]

I assume you realize that nobody dying also includes yourself. That will be all for now.

[Which is sort of Sorrow's roundabout way of saying be careful and stay safe, if he wasn't such a cold asshole to begin with.]

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[avephoenix]

[Whether he knows it or not, that thanks means the world to her. So much is expected of her back home that she wonders if people realize how much of what she does is based on her choices. If she'd been like Rosenberg, she could've used her status to create an autocracy with her at the helm. After all the secrets the gods have kept, Faith could choose to say she'll let them die even if it means she'll die too.

But she doesn't, and Sorrow has acknowledged that, and accepted it.

Faith was already set to take action, but now she'll do so with an extra bit of oomph.]

Course I do. 'm not about to miss out on the city being whole again! [Have a smile, Sorrow. Putting on a brave face is one of her things, even if right now it's a bit strained. The situation is more dire than she's used to, that's all.] Right. Off to work. You know how to find me.

[With a firm nod and a quick wave, she signs off and goes to do her part.]