[ This unusual type received a derisive scoff in response. He doesn't clarify which statement it is for. Is it because the tree should continue to suffer the lingering effects of the Dryad's death, or perhaps the range of explosions that had chorused through its labyrinthine roots? That destruction should remain, as if a lingering grasp from --
He tipped his head, as he looked at the root-like, gnarled piece in front of them. That he was back down here was one part a ridiculous, long-shot of hope, and then mere circumstance, but now he had to deal with other people, and while Silco was tempted -- so tempted to put an end to those down her, and leave -- they dared to exist here? That they were here and not --
His fingers moved from their careful, quiet trek toward his knife. No, he would not. He would not do that. ]
It's agony as you call it, is because it has deigned to make our lives difficult. Multiple times. That it's feeling the effects of its own actions isn't something to soothe.
[ Said the man with the curious dual-toned gaze and gloved hands. He speaks with authority, or some measure of it. Knowledge. ]
II - It's a Tree-ap
He tipped his head, as he looked at the root-like, gnarled piece in front of them. That he was back down here was one part a ridiculous, long-shot of hope, and then mere circumstance, but now he had to deal with other people, and while Silco was tempted -- so tempted to put an end to those down her, and leave -- they dared to exist here? That they were here and not --
His fingers moved from their careful, quiet trek toward his knife. No, he would not. He would not do that. ]
It's agony as you call it, is because it has deigned to make our lives difficult. Multiple times. That it's feeling the effects of its own actions isn't something to soothe.
[ Said the man with the curious dual-toned gaze and gloved hands. He speaks with authority, or some measure of it. Knowledge. ]