[Only Death, and sometimes Lucienne, can make him feel like he has to explain himself. As though he’s been caught, centuries late, for something he should not have let happen. Or perhaps he’s projecting his own feelings regarding the matter that had happened so long ago. Certainly he would have done things quite differently, in retrospect.]
My mishandling of a past vortex nearly ended all creation as we know it. I was investigating the matter to try and prevent a prevailing madness amongst the stars, when I found myself kicked into a black hole for my attempts. … I visited our parents, and Mother Night ensured I did not escape the black hole, until Destiny intervened. The dream ship that found its way to his garden, and those upon it, helped to ensure reality was not all lost. The dreamers dreamt of something more, something beyond such an ill fate, and they changed the galaxy for the better. [It’s a skewed retelling of the story that feels entirely true from his perspective. He gives himself no credit for saving the universe and 100% of the blame for all the trouble caused in the first place, and he clearly cares only about the damage done to others and not at all that an aspect of himself died in flames or that his parents couldn’t care less what happened to him. Or that, weakened as he had been, had been what let Burgess easily capture him.]
There. You asked.
[He knows it was a monumental screw up, and it's why he wanted to do so much better when Rose came around. Debatable if he did do better, but he had tried. At least he hadn't killed entire worlds this time?]
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Date: 2022-10-17 07:30 pm (UTC)My mishandling of a past vortex nearly ended all creation as we know it. I was investigating the matter to try and prevent a prevailing madness amongst the stars, when I found myself kicked into a black hole for my attempts. … I visited our parents, and Mother Night ensured I did not escape the black hole, until Destiny intervened. The dream ship that found its way to his garden, and those upon it, helped to ensure reality was not all lost. The dreamers dreamt of something more, something beyond such an ill fate, and they changed the galaxy for the better. [It’s a skewed retelling of the story that feels entirely true from his perspective. He gives himself no credit for saving the universe and 100% of the blame for all the trouble caused in the first place, and he clearly cares only about the damage done to others and not at all that an aspect of himself died in flames or that his parents couldn’t care less what happened to him. Or that, weakened as he had been, had been what let Burgess easily capture him.]
There. You asked.
[He knows it was a monumental screw up, and it's why he wanted to do so much better when Rose came around. Debatable if he did do better, but he had tried. At least he hadn't killed entire worlds this time?]