Accidental (?) video | O, longing of the arteries / to purify the blood | Forward-dated to day 363

[feyecandy]

[The light in the room is muted and warm, but still bright enough that you get a clear view. You can see a fair slice of the room, in fact, but the obvious focus appears to be the man kneeling in front of a woman, both seemingly unaware of the camera. The angle is such that his face is relatively visible to any viewer, while hers is somewhat hidden behind her hair, although those familiar with her might recognize Ghanima’s tanned skin and sun-bleached hair, or the crysknife in her hand.]

[Fai, his eyepatch a little bit ascew so a hint of a scar is sometimes visible when he moves, has his good eye shut as the video feed starts, but soon opens it to reveal a slit pupil, a yellow sclera. He smiles a little bit tautly, as if both amused and feeling some strain.]

At your leisure, my lady. I think I’ve got myself under reasonable control. [A hint of a joke there, but rather dark.]

[She pulls her hair around to rest over only one shoulder, revealing more of her profile and the long, graceful line of her neck to the camera. It’s most definitely an unnecessary intimacy when she places the edge of her deathly pale blade against her own throat to draw a thin red line there before kneeling down as well, tilting her head to offer Fai the wound, but she sees very little reason to resist her urge to flirt a little with danger in this situation.]

How reassuring.

[Her tone is very dry, filled with the same dark humor as Fai’s]

[His eye widens just a bit in response, and his face betrays unfeigned shock for a brief moment, before his smile widens a bit, not really in humor as to mask any other treacherous emotion. He nods gracefully before leaning in, mouth closing over the wound.]

[And with that, the feed ends.]

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[feyecandy]

[He knows that she's right, knows that he is being... unfair, and to her he is actually able to asmit as much. After a fashion.]

I know. I had thought... I hadn't thought he'd care so much for me. I hadn't thought it would hurt him so much to see me die. [He hadn't thought he'd ever see Kurogane close to tears.]

But I have to keep hating him, Ghanima. Not because he deserves it, but- but because I have to choose. Between him and my brother. And we both know what I have to do.

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[ghani]

[ Ghanima nods. She wants to deny it, but what's the point? This is why she is the weak one, and Leto is strong. She would have let the Golden Path unravel to stop Leto from making his horrible sacrifice. He never said it outright, but she knows this is why he let her think he was dead. Because she would have tried to stop him, and she is the only one he loves enough to perhaps be persuaded by. ]

I am sorry.

[ Because she knows that while it isn't really a choice, that does not make it less painful. ]

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[feyecandy]

[He smiles wanly, and after a moment or two slowly scoots himself closer so that he can bury his face against her neck. She's warm, and alive, and up close he swears he can feel the fain scent of whatever it is that makes her blood taste like cinnamon.]

I never thought I could love anyone apart from my brother and my father. and I know I can never love anyone more than my twin, no matter what happens. But I- My heart is weak. I wish I was more like you, Ghanima. I wish I had even a fraction of your strength.

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[ghani]

[ She smiles at that, but there is no happiness in the expression. It is a tight-lipped manifestation of bitterness and grief. ]

I'm not the strong one. My brother is. He chose the agony that I could not have allowed.

[ Would she have made the sacrifice herself? She's not sure. She'd been weakened by fear, and Leto must have known that.

She'd failed him. ]