>It wasn't like Tadric >They weren't strangers, or people I only knew in passing >They were the closest thing to family I had >The Echo showed me what happened >I could have saved them >Instead they died >I barely had the chance to know them
> It was like Tadric. For Branden not for me. > You can't save everyone. You're the one who doesn't want me to blame myself for the Flood. > I lost everything in the flood. My friends, likely my family back home. My village. Most of the world. Everything but Seto. > And you don't want me to shoulder that blame. > How is it fair if you blame yourself for that?? > And I wish I could shove my foot up our Echo's arse!
>You were tricked and manipulated >I just was not strong enough >I am grateful for the Echo >I would have died a hundred hundred times over without it >It gifts me with more than visions of the past >More than language >More than protection from Tempering
> I never said I wasn't grateful. I just said I wanted to shove my foot up its bloody arse! Occasionally. > Also I know this sounds out of left field but can you... Echo your own memories?
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>They weren't strangers, or people I only knew in passing
>They were the closest thing to family I had
>The Echo showed me what happened
>I could have saved them
>Instead they died
>I barely had the chance to know them
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> You can't save everyone. You're the one who doesn't want me to blame myself for the Flood.
> I lost everything in the flood. My friends, likely my family back home. My village. Most of the world. Everything but Seto.
> And you don't want me to shoulder that blame.
> How is it fair if you blame yourself for that??
> And I wish I could shove my foot up our Echo's arse!
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>I just was not strong enough
>I am grateful for the Echo
>I would have died a hundred hundred times over without it
>It gifts me with more than visions of the past
>More than language
>More than protection from Tempering
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> Also I know this sounds out of left field but can you... Echo your own memories?
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>I cannot, no.
>Occasionally I have flashbacks
>They are overwhelming and unexpected
>And only occur with traumatic events
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> That explains a lot
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>It is a common affliction
>I have literature saved on my FLUID if you would like to read more
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