[ Of all the things Eseld could have said in reply...! ]
No, no!! Don't do that! Don't...
[ Don't promise to kill yourselves just for his sake, he wants to say, but the words don't come out.
Why is this hypothetical question even affecting him so much? Had this been any other time, he's sure he would have brushed it off easily and continued on with his life. However, surrounded by crimson trails of death and destruction, unknowing of Fable and Ouyang's status, and carrying a bleeding, weakened Eseld on his back... the question preyed on his fears at the right time.
Eseld always had the worst timing. ]
...Fable. I'll.... choose Fable.
[ He doesn't think as he speaks. He's not sure why he even makes the choice. Perhaps that was his true bias showing, something he wouldn't have thought he actually had until Eseld pushed him to the brink. And almost immediately after he speaks, he feels guilt rushing up and bile piling in his throat. ]
There! I made a choice! Now stop it with this inane line of questioning. Something like this would never happen. Never.
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[ Of all the things Eseld could have said in reply...! ]
No, no!! Don't do that! Don't...
[ Don't promise to kill yourselves just for his sake, he wants to say, but the words don't come out.
Why is this hypothetical question even affecting him so much? Had this been any other time, he's sure he would have brushed it off easily and continued on with his life. However, surrounded by crimson trails of death and destruction, unknowing of Fable and Ouyang's status, and carrying a bleeding, weakened Eseld on his back... the question preyed on his fears at the right time.
Eseld always had the worst timing. ]
...Fable. I'll.... choose Fable.
[ He doesn't think as he speaks. He's not sure why he even makes the choice. Perhaps that was his true bias showing, something he wouldn't have thought he actually had until Eseld pushed him to the brink. And almost immediately after he speaks, he feels guilt rushing up and bile piling in his throat. ]
There! I made a choice! Now stop it with this inane line of questioning. Something like this would never happen. Never.