socialcapital (
socialcapital) wrote2026-01-23 02:13 pm
[ JACKSON HEART ]
[ THIS HEART WILL HAVE CWS FOR:
- CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- CHILD ABUSE
- SLAVERY
- DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ]
- CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR CANON-TYPICAL VIOLENCE
- CHILD ABUSE
- SLAVERY
- DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ]

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His name was Rikiya, our 'fallen companion'. But before that it was Mnemon Rikiya. He was expected to Exalt as a terrestrial by his family, and when he didn't despite being in the direct line, they shipped him off to a temple to become a monk. That's where he was when he Exalted as a Solar and when I rescued him."
He rummages through supplies until he finds some tea leaves. They're nice tea leaves. He fusses with setting it up while he talks.
"Well, a scion of the house of Mnemon, having failed to Exalt as a dragonblood, was already a source of shame. Him having instead become Anathema - and a Solar, the worst kind in their texts by far - was something they refused to tolerate. He had become something they needed dead and buried, a dark stain they wanted neatly excised from their family records, and he refused to accept this was the case.
From a certain perspective, you could say I just failed to keep him safe from them."
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[Specifically, yours.]
What were his own thoughts on his family?
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Everyone with morals knows that kind of thing is awful. Obviously I know it too. But it was so... unsubtle. It was so visible. Of course he wanted to charge right in and be the hero right away."
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[And without getting up, he turns around to face the wall of the tent, his back toward Firuz and Saida.]
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I should have clarified. I should have asked. This is no more than the price of my own negligence. This is the bed I've made, and I will continue to lay in it.]
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And such a situation is set up to call to those kinds of individuals in particular.
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"What happened just there."
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I simply needed a moment. Please don't mind it.
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From an outside perspective, it's challenging to reconcile this situation with other points I know of without concluding that you're being influenced against your will.
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"Would you like to get a different perspective, then? I don't know if it'll change your mind, but it doesn't feel against my will when it happens."
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Are you offering to share your experiences with me?
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It's a nice tea in there. Something floral.
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I consider such things a rare gift. If you are willing, I accept.
[And he takes a sip of the tea.]
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