the stuffy uk coalition

[throwabookatit]

just let them live in the library

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[throwabookatit]

...You're nineteen, Waver.

[devotingly]

And what's that got to do with anything?? I obviously know how old I am. Old enough to make my own decisions.

[throwabookatit]

At nineteen, you're...you're still a teenager, you're still growing. You're just learning how to be some kind of adult! How can you already be prepared to die?

[devotingly]

Because that's just what it's like as a Magus. You have to give your entire life for your Magecraft or else there's no point. That's why I decided to participate in a war against other Magi-- it's something you wouldn't understand.

[throwabookatit]

You're right, I don't. Does that kind of thing really make you happy?

[devotingly]

It's not like I'm some suicidal maniac, Gales-- I only did that because it was Alexander.

[ but he knows that he's not answering her question either-- has he ever been happy in the clock tower? ]

Whether I'm happy or not doesn't matter. I have to keep on working to make those idiots back at home acknowledge my talent-- so I can become as good as any other mage.

[throwabookatit]

And you have to put your life in danger, to do that? Crivvens, Waver, it does matter. If what you're doing doesn't make you happy, then...then what's the point of doing it?

[devotingly]

I never said that it doesn't make me happy! I love Magecraft and everything about it-- I wouldn't have given up everything I had before if I didn't.

[ it's just...everything else that he's not happy with ]

[throwabookatit]

But- just listen to yourself, Waver. You're dodging my questions and talking about how you're ready to die, if you must. I-- I'm only saying this because I'm worried.

[devotingly]

Well, you said it yourself: you don't understand. You can be worried all you like, but that's not going to stop me from pursuing my life's dream.

[throwabookatit]

And what if that gets you killed, huh?

[devotingly]

Then... [ well... that actually makes him hesitate. he's almost died multiple times, especially with saber attacking them but...

what if one day, he does die? would he have any regrets?

no-- don't think about that, waver. you're a magus. ]

Then I die. That's all.

[throwabookatit]

[ She catches the hesitation, raises her eyebrows. ]

...If you're not going to worry about your own life, someone has to.

[ And, it might as well be her. ]

[devotingly]

Well, don't waste your breath, Gales. Not unless we both make it out alive.

[throwabookatit]

It's not wasted, if it sinks into your head even a little.