[Zvei has gone silent at some point during all of this. He's also gone remarkably still. The wounds in his hands still bleed and he still makes no effort to heal them, despite Fenyx's offered potion.
If there was ever a chance of him choosing a better path, it has long since been crushed. Ivilezlei has done nothing but bring him pain and suffering, and he casts that man's hopes and dreams aside. What matters now isn't the past, it's the future. And in a very short amount of time, he'll be reunited with Seymour. It won't be nearly enough, but anything would be better than what Seymour's just been through.
They had no choice but to fight for their lives. And if that had been all it was, maybe his fury would be aimed solidly at Typhon, for putting Seymour in such a position to begin with. Every choice he had made, even the one to play into Typhon's hands was his own - but did Seymour ever have that luxury? Has Seymour ever had that luxury? It's impossible to tell now.
But them? The other survivors? They made their choice as well, and it is not one he can simply forget. He doesn't have the power to make them pay, make them suffer just as much as Seymour has. There's nothing he can do.
Zvei will remember this. If losing Syzi was Ivilezlei's moment to choose a different path, then this is Zvei's - and he is fully embracing everything that made him so hated in the first place.
He'll leave with Fenyx when she's ready; he has no interest in watching any of the others celebrate.]
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If there was ever a chance of him choosing a better path, it has long since been crushed. Ivilezlei has done nothing but bring him pain and suffering, and he casts that man's hopes and dreams aside. What matters now isn't the past, it's the future. And in a very short amount of time, he'll be reunited with Seymour. It won't be nearly enough, but anything would be better than what Seymour's just been through.
Riful, Astarion, Manulov, Cerejeira, Ranma, Velvet, Vanity, Luna...
Lebkuchen.
They had no choice but to fight for their lives. And if that had been all it was, maybe his fury would be aimed solidly at Typhon, for putting Seymour in such a position to begin with. Every choice he had made, even the one to play into Typhon's hands was his own - but did Seymour ever have that luxury? Has Seymour ever had that luxury? It's impossible to tell now.
But them? The other survivors? They made their choice as well, and it is not one he can simply forget. He doesn't have the power to make them pay, make them suffer just as much as Seymour has. There's nothing he can do.
Zvei will remember this. If losing Syzi was Ivilezlei's moment to choose a different path, then this is Zvei's - and he is fully embracing everything that made him so hated in the first place.
He'll leave with Fenyx when she's ready; he has no interest in watching any of the others celebrate.]