There's so much Faith wants to know, so much of what he's just said that she wants to follow up on. She could stay here forever talking to him, even though it's his temple and therefore a little sad -- but what he said is so sad. There's a twinge in her chest like when she feels like she might cry. They were many, and now they are few. This city was their kingdom, and now it's in ruins. They were a unit, and they were killed off.
And now they're coming back one by one, at the expense of the emotions of the people here.]
Team. [Faith's voice is soft as she thinks back to her own team, to the ones she didn't know very well but gave their lives for the cause, and those close to her heart who died because-- because of her. Because she wasn't enough.] I'd call that a team.
[A family.]
I'm sorry. It must've been stunning in its heyday.
[Faith squints and tries to picture it (and tries to fight back tears -- that slight influence of the temple is really working on her heart-on-your-sleeve emotions. It's not faked, either. She'd come here looking to find out about the Door, and now she cares about the gods.
Oops.]
Growin' up, they told me I was a legend. Meant to save the world. I did, sort of. With help. But I lost teammates in the fight. And it's 'cos of them we won at all.
[Which is to say, she understands responsibility, the burden of leadership, of caring for the people working for and with you and your dream.
She may even understand doing whatever it takes to get them back if she could.]
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Where to start.
There's so much Faith wants to know, so much of what he's just said that she wants to follow up on. She could stay here forever talking to him, even though it's his temple and therefore a little sad -- but what he said is so sad. There's a twinge in her chest like when she feels like she might cry. They were many, and now they are few. This city was their kingdom, and now it's in ruins. They were a unit, and they were killed off.
And now they're coming back one by one, at the expense of the emotions of the people here.]
Team. [Faith's voice is soft as she thinks back to her own team, to the ones she didn't know very well but gave their lives for the cause, and those close to her heart who died because-- because of her. Because she wasn't enough.] I'd call that a team.
[A family.]
I'm sorry. It must've been stunning in its heyday.
[Faith squints and tries to picture it (and tries to fight back tears -- that slight influence of the temple is really working on her heart-on-your-sleeve emotions. It's not faked, either. She'd come here looking to find out about the Door, and now she cares about the gods.
Oops.]
Growin' up, they told me I was a legend. Meant to save the world. I did, sort of. With help. But I lost teammates in the fight. And it's 'cos of them we won at all.
[Which is to say, she understands responsibility, the burden of leadership, of caring for the people working for and with you and your dream.
She may even understand doing whatever it takes to get them back if she could.]