[Nick seems to accept that explanation for the time being, his expression softening just a hair, tension easing out of his brow as he pushes a sigh through him. He knows a thing or two about regrets, about things being different years and years ago... and about feeling useless when surrounded by people with all kinds of fantastic abilities, ones folks in his world could only dream of.]
If it took some kind of hocus pocus to accomplish anything of value, a lot of us wouldn't be here at all, myself included. Both magic and machines can do a hell of a lot more harm than good in the wrong hands.
[And when Atem was acting like his will was the end-all-be-all, making vague threats out in the open? Yeah, those were the wrong hands. Nick's tone remains even as he continues.]
But if you ask me... you're better off now. You're not useless, and not as alone as you might think.
[And he never was -- none of them are. People in Hadriel might not always see eye-to-eye, but they're in this boat together whether they like it or not.]
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Date: 2018-01-18 08:50 am (UTC)If it took some kind of hocus pocus to accomplish anything of value, a lot of us wouldn't be here at all, myself included. Both magic and machines can do a hell of a lot more harm than good in the wrong hands.
[And when Atem was acting like his will was the end-all-be-all, making vague threats out in the open? Yeah, those were the wrong hands. Nick's tone remains even as he continues.]
But if you ask me... you're better off now. You're not useless, and not as alone as you might think.
[And he never was -- none of them are. People in Hadriel might not always see eye-to-eye, but they're in this boat together whether they like it or not.]