[ Maruki glances sidelong to meet his gaze, but he holds it, turns his head to smile fully at Eren. ]
You're right. Of course you are. You know, for all the theories that I studied and even wrote myself... [ A sick twinge in his gut. ] And for all the realities that I created...
[ An arm crossed over his chest to dig the heel of his palm into the center of his sternum, quelling some tremendous wave of upset from the part of him that watched blank lanterns ascend overhead with a silent promise not to let that future come to pass. It did, in other realities. Maybe it always will. ]
I never had to contend with experience of more than a couple at a time myself. [ The true reality, Somnius, the City of 7, the cognitive world and the collective unconscious – he only ever knew small combinations, dependent on his current situation. ] But you're right. What's real in the moment is real in the moment, and that's what matters.
[ His breath is short, uneven, head pounding through primordial, temporal dark. ]
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You're right. Of course you are. You know, for all the theories that I studied and even wrote myself... [ A sick twinge in his gut. ] And for all the realities that I created...
[ An arm crossed over his chest to dig the heel of his palm into the center of his sternum, quelling some tremendous wave of upset from the part of him that watched blank lanterns ascend overhead with a silent promise not to let that future come to pass. It did, in other realities. Maybe it always will. ]
I never had to contend with experience of more than a couple at a time myself. [ The true reality, Somnius, the City of 7, the cognitive world and the collective unconscious – he only ever knew small combinations, dependent on his current situation. ] But you're right. What's real in the moment is real in the moment, and that's what matters.
[ His breath is short, uneven, head pounding through primordial, temporal dark. ]