It makes sense, he supposes, especially in Venat's position. He has to wonder if any of the other dreamers who died in their realities would run into the same problem. Asking outright would be tactless, out of the question – and it might tip his hand a bit too much.
There is no part of Maruki that thinks the "wishes" they made will be granted. At best, they're carrots on sticks. At worst, they're part of the manipulative mechanisms that draw people in and keep them captive. It's those mechanisms that he wants to uncover and understand. There are other ways. Learning more about the wishes is just one of them.
But those thoughts that bend more toward the conspiratorial are far from his mind at the moment, focused solely as he is on Venat. He hums thoughtfully. ]
Maybe you did. Maybe... You were ready for that particular life to end, but not life in general.
[ A half-shrug, a somewhat sheepish smile. ]
I don't know, it makes sense to me. After everything you did, for as long as you did it, you'd be well within your rights to want a chance not only to rest but to simply... be yourself.
[ The embrace has relaxed enough that when he drops one arm away to run a self-conscious hand through his hair instead, he now has the other loosely wrapped around her back as he turns out a bit to look out over the view of Somnius again, the stars overhead. ]
Whether you wished for the chance or not, I'm glad that it was given to you either way. You deserve to just be Venat, and I'm happy to have gotten the chance to meet you as her.
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It makes sense, he supposes, especially in Venat's position. He has to wonder if any of the other dreamers who died in their realities would run into the same problem. Asking outright would be tactless, out of the question – and it might tip his hand a bit too much.
There is no part of Maruki that thinks the "wishes" they made will be granted. At best, they're carrots on sticks. At worst, they're part of the manipulative mechanisms that draw people in and keep them captive. It's those mechanisms that he wants to uncover and understand. There are other ways. Learning more about the wishes is just one of them.
But those thoughts that bend more toward the conspiratorial are far from his mind at the moment, focused solely as he is on Venat. He hums thoughtfully. ]
Maybe you did. Maybe... You were ready for that particular life to end, but not life in general.
[ A half-shrug, a somewhat sheepish smile. ]
I don't know, it makes sense to me. After everything you did, for as long as you did it, you'd be well within your rights to want a chance not only to rest but to simply... be yourself.
[ The embrace has relaxed enough that when he drops one arm away to run a self-conscious hand through his hair instead, he now has the other loosely wrapped around her back as he turns out a bit to look out over the view of Somnius again, the stars overhead. ]
Whether you wished for the chance or not, I'm glad that it was given to you either way. You deserve to just be Venat, and I'm happy to have gotten the chance to meet you as her.