That is what some friends do, yes. Some also fornicate, or cook a roast pig on a spit, tell jokes, and prepare to kill the next day. Some support each other though they make decisions that they do not agree with, and some split over that.
[ Friendship was...complicated, but Akua had felt the stirrings of it, at first even in Keter, and then to the Empire Ever Dark. She was a ghost, and the woman who killed her made overtures of friendship -- she knew now, it was forcing her to pay that ever long price that Callowans had always promised of anyone who wronged them. The long price, it seems, cut both ways, for had Catherine not also been injured by it?
She sighed. ]
Loyalty is complicated, Hayame. What do you mean by Loyalty? Did some of those that sided with Zenith betray you, or Meridian? They may have chosen differently, but I do not think all of those who side with the Zenites are evil, or wrong. After all, I'm here, and I am Evil. Therefore, there must be some who see the value in their ways.
If some of your friends chose otherwise, is it possible it was not you who they sought to betray? Is it possible that you were only one person in the entire tapestry? I would consider you in my decision, but if Meridian asked me to kill another hundred thousand souls to make our goals manifest, I do not think I could do so.
[ It's a sad smile, there. Hayame is... not a simple woman, but she sees some things simply. Akua understands this, oh gods below, did she. ]
It took me... longer than I would care to admit, to have a friend, Hayame. Long ago, I had sycophants and hangers on, and they would break their fingers for me, if I asked. Those were not my friends, and they betrayed me when it became difficult.
Do you know who was my friend? A woman who killed me. Twice. Who had her father kill my father. Who trapped me for years in her cloak, just so she could use me.
She forced me to see things differently. Friends are not those who will only choose you every time. They are people who challenge you. Whom you like to be challenged by.
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[ Friendship was...complicated, but Akua had felt the stirrings of it, at first even in Keter, and then to the Empire Ever Dark. She was a ghost, and the woman who killed her made overtures of friendship -- she knew now, it was forcing her to pay that ever long price that Callowans had always promised of anyone who wronged them. The long price, it seems, cut both ways, for had Catherine not also been injured by it?
She sighed. ]
Loyalty is complicated, Hayame. What do you mean by Loyalty? Did some of those that sided with Zenith betray you, or Meridian? They may have chosen differently, but I do not think all of those who side with the Zenites are evil, or wrong. After all, I'm here, and I am Evil. Therefore, there must be some who see the value in their ways.
If some of your friends chose otherwise, is it possible it was not you who they sought to betray? Is it possible that you were only one person in the entire tapestry? I would consider you in my decision, but if Meridian asked me to kill another hundred thousand souls to make our goals manifest, I do not think I could do so.
[ It's a sad smile, there. Hayame is... not a simple woman, but she sees some things simply. Akua understands this, oh gods below, did she. ]
It took me... longer than I would care to admit, to have a friend, Hayame. Long ago, I had sycophants and hangers on, and they would break their fingers for me, if I asked. Those were not my friends, and they betrayed me when it became difficult.
Do you know who was my friend? A woman who killed me. Twice. Who had her father kill my father. Who trapped me for years in her cloak, just so she could use me.
She forced me to see things differently. Friends are not those who will only choose you every time. They are people who challenge you. Whom you like to be challenged by.