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[personal profile] expiries 2024-03-21 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[if he were still fourteen, before he left home, he would surely pick the first option. he might even have chosen that when he was sixteen, after his parents passed away. but he's grown older, and with every year that passed he lost a little hope that he'd find happiness. it seems ridiculous, now, a dream that isn't even his - a dream that belonged to someone else entirely.

he knows, inherently, that the world is dark, cruel, and often senseless. that does not mean he can abandon the people who still have to live in that cold world. it's never been about what he wants - only what he has to do.

he chooses the third option, easily.]