[Normally that's the sort of thing Lance would ask if someone wants to talk about, and he would in this case if he thought it would go anywhere, but as it is he instead decides to mention--]
I'd wondered about the pattern that seemed to exist between Zerzura and those of us that left the Aerie before you did, in that it was related to experiencing some sort of death.
[And clearly that pattern seems to have held. Not hugely shocking or anything, but it does just add the obvious conclusion about motive for why these experiences have been what they were.]
Not everyone died in Zerzura. Did you think we all did to make it back? Even if I experienced a vision of it, I don't feel as if I died.
[He would explain why he feels that way, but he doesn't care to go on about it or give Lance any gateways into his psyche. That isn't the game they play together.]
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I'd wondered about the pattern that seemed to exist between Zerzura and those of us that left the Aerie before you did, in that it was related to experiencing some sort of death.
[And clearly that pattern seems to have held. Not hugely shocking or anything, but it does just add the obvious conclusion about motive for why these experiences have been what they were.]
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[He would explain why he feels that way, but he doesn't care to go on about it or give Lance any gateways into his psyche. That isn't the game they play together.]
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[He notes the comment about Akechi not feeling as though he died, but doesn't make any mention of it for now.]
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No version of me would even begin to bother.
[Truthfully, he'd throw them all out. But he's not giving Lance that morsel yet.]
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[That's so on brand he doesn't even know what else to say.]
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