week 7; wednesday ( dragon )

[axilium]

[BURSTS INTO THE ROOM

not literally, but he does seem a little less composed than usual.]

Two questions:

One... [because this has been bugging him for a while, honestly.] My first wish—did that actually come true, or was that just an illusion by the well?

[...]

Two: According to Cardia, you said that there's "still more to learn for the sake of our friends". What did you mean by that?

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[axilium]

And what part did ink have?

[themodsgrimm]

It didn't.

[She sighs faintly. Her expression grows troubled.]

It was a piece of magic that was hidden away... until she found it, and decided that it was worth beginning a war over in order to produce more of it.

[axilium]

[...]

I heard she had a son?

[themodsgrimm]

[She tilts her head.]

... it would not be impossible.

I presume she had a family, as I did.

[axilium]

Apparently, Hiro reminded her of him.

[themodsgrimm]

[Ah...

Her expression falls then, her eyes softening with the explanation - it seems like she hadn't heard this before.]

... Perhaps he did.

He was a bright, headstrong young man after all. Misguided... but I suppose it would make sense if that is what led to her defenses falling.

[axilium]

[...]

What would've happened to her family? Do you know?

[themodsgrimm]

If she broke the cycle...?

[Her brow furrows... and she shakes her head.]

No... I do not.

[axilium]

... Well, okay, let me rephrase and then ask a second question: what happened to her family?

And what's with this cycle?

[themodsgrimm]

... everyone we know is gone, Belph. I imagine they passed, just as mine did.

[Which hurts - unbearably so. Her voice is softer as she admits it, before she tries to regain her composure again.]

The cycle of Dragon and Tiger... merely ensures that you cannot have one without the other. That is the story we have always known.

[axilium]

[...]

I know I'm like that annoying kid who asks, "Why?" to everything, but—why?

[themodsgrimm]

When it became the two of us... when I inherited the role of Dragon - I believe there was some click of fate or other magic that led to our lives being sealed.

I could not die without her, and she could not live without me.

Everyone else... was not needed in our story - and so they met ends long before us.

[ . . . and she shakes her head.]

That is what I know... that is all I have known. My father would tell me that the Dragon and Tiger need each other to survive, in order to maintain balance in the world... and I thought it might have even been a beautiful story.

But I see - she did not agree.