149th Devotion: Pleading One's Case

[favoritetraitor]

[His voice is hesitant, forced. After all, the City isn't so accomodating in keeping it's citizen's private lives private.]

Betrayal? Surely thoughts can't be considered so... a man can't be held responsible for that, can he? For the record, I never truly wanted any of it. My actions were trivial, nothing really.

We should have been a family, as it was meant to be... but she wanted something different. How could I not want to give her her heart's desire? To see her happy. Smiling. Laughing. How can that be wrong?

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[favoritetraitor]

[It takes him a moment to respond.] ... is it blindness?

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[worldofourown]

[ Karl's gaze is both bright and bitter, ]

Sometimes, looking at where the obsession has brought us ... I truly think it is.

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[favoritetraitor]

But... the rift between them. It's been mended? It has, hasn't it?

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[worldofourown]

[ He bites his lower-lip, looking away, ]

Only because Saya hasn't yet gotten her memories back.

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[favoritetraitor]

... there's no fighting.

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[worldofourown]

[ There is fighting. And weirdness. And. Other stuff. But it's largely between Karl and Saya. The interactions between the two Queens are far more volatile. ]

...They're not billing and cooing like doves either.

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[favoritetraitor]

It's a start though. We just always have so little time.

I should speak with Nathan...