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[If you should happen to pass by the north bridge closest to the plaza, you might notice a redhead sitting by the riverside, legs folded, with the Key of Lorelei propped up against his shoulder instead of his usual sword. He doesn't look particularly angry or angsty or brooding, just... lost in thought. He's had a lot to consider with Natalia's kidnapping and Luke's lost memories. Among other things.

At some point or other, though, he does make a comment for the journal:]

Is it ever... too late to regret something? Or to apologize?

How do you make up for something that can't be taken back...?

Comments

[dissonates]

Don't make assumptions.

[compos-mentis.livejournal.com]

If anything, an apology can be detrimental. Remorse? What good is remorse if you've done something that cannot be undone? What good is your sympathy; your clearing of conscience once the deeds are complete?

By apologizing, you give them conflict. You inherently demand, or at least ask for, forgiveness. And in doing so, you remove that other person's right to hate you. You remove that other person's knowledge that you will remain their enemy.

So in the end, for your own desire to show remorse, you would arrogantly tear down what they will have made into a coping mechanism?

[Voice]

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...Hm.

[Think think. If he can't work through his own problems, he can at least try someone else's.]

You must have at least some vague idea on how to get started.

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[Asch shrugs his shoulders, turning back towards the water. Doesn't really matter to him either way.]

[corrinesbell]

I'm not. ...Not about you.

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[mystearical.livejournal.com]

[Sits a comfortable distance from him, then.]

...I appreciate your efforts to help Luke.

[Voice]

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...I don't care how you do it.

[voice]

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...Ah.

[dissonates]

I don't get it.

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[Asch snorts faintly, tightening his grip on the sword.]

He doesn't want my help. It's not my responsibility.

[Voice]

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That's the general consensus. [You can't really be disappointed by something you already knew, too.]

[dissonates]

So what, you don't apologize for anything? What kind of person does that make you?

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Want to talk about it?

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know what your problem is. That's why I asked.

[compos-mentis.livejournal.com]

Someone who doesn't do things that you're going to regret.

[/BULLSHIT, but still]

[dissonates]

Do you?

[dissonates]

You're the one who harassed me!

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Don't be like that. I don't even know what it is yet.

[dissonates]

That's an impossible expectation.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

I've never seen you before in my life.

[voice]

[waypastcool.livejournal.com]

[...this guy sure sounds serious.]

Man, that's a toughie. Guess all you can do is keep on kickin'. If it's that important to ya, then give it your best shot, I guess.

[compos-mentis.livejournal.com]

Of course it is; that's why you move forward from things without fail. In the end, the one who wins is the one who survived anyway.

[dissonates]

You can probably guess.

[dissonates]

...What?

[count-gardios.livejournal.com]

Or we could skip that part.