#I've spotted quite a few relevant parallels

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‘  if you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.  ’ from otto !

■    ■    ■    Unbeknownst to Dáinsleif, there was once upon a time when he had lost everything from his identity to his memories and a place to call homeland prior to the discovery of a new life that gave him everything back in a different place: a kingdom to protect, status, recognition from the king and his people. All of that decimated to naught but ashes, twisted into a nightmare with no end. People he once protected were distorted into gruesome monsters, the most vicious of them repeating like a chant words like murderer and betrayer for not siding with their skewed ideals deeply effected by the root of malice that lingers in the Abyss.

It would be so easy for him to give in and let the corruption of his body be the leading way, that’s what he believed when everything was too fresh and it hurt so— it still is, it still does. Centuries passed and the Twilight Sword believed himself to have grown past mortal desire and whim, that nothing could matter anymore to a frozen heart. Alas, that’s what it all is: a frozen heart forced to cryostasis every time it deigned to thaw and bleed with the weight of hundreds of sorrows that refuse to forsake him as he already was once.

❝From an individualist perspective, that is true.❞ But little relief does that offer when long ago he had abandoned himself, his existence’s importance reduced to nothing. He could’ve very well live a secluded life somewhere in the Dark Sea, away from the mayhem that imposter gods cause wherever they lay their eyes upon. Nevertheless... how could he upon being touched by an endless source of information only for the Anima Mundi to possess lest those whom dare to wonder further than what the Heavenly Disciples dictate as safe to their ruling until is supposes a thread to them? Add to the mix a man that cannot suffer greater punishment any than he already has and a sense of chivalry that never passed and what you see is a keeper of this world’s heart.

Icy sapphires peel off the man to regard the holy, white tree behind him and reach out to touch softly its bark. After all the hardship Dáinsleif has faced, the one whom never abandoned him was Irminsul. ❝Were you blessed with the possibility to have limitless access to all the information recorded of this world, would you not desire to put it to use in order to help mankind prosper in the face of unfair adversities?❞ Many would have fallen to madness at the closest opportunity to grasp this information— the Abyss Order did. Even if they may have reliable methods, their twisted minds with malice makes it lose all credibility. Many others would be unable to live with it, knowing that they may not live enough to see a change out of this unjust reign.

His hand caresses the surface of the Axis Mundi and thus he lean forward to press his forehead, eyes fluttering close for a fraction. ❝Under such circumstances, any event that causes a drawback to humanity becomes a loss to yourself too. Even if you may not be one anymore.❞ A long sigh abandons roseate lips thereafter and he turns on his heels to meet the man’s gaze anew. ❝What other option you have when you’ve been forbidden from following the natural course of life to begin with? Preventing others from finding the same fate and the doom of this world... there is nothing else I could conceive.❞ When death is no longer an option, no matter how much more desirable of an outcome it would be for someone like him.

@taiixuan ✦

#taiixuan #◟༺✦༻◞ What use has the veil of falsehood? ┊Ask.┊ #◟༺✦༻◞ Sapphire flames in their wake ┊IC.┊ #thank you for sending in! #I don't know much about Honkai but #I've spotted quite a few relevant parallels #between Dain and Otto #and this made me have feels ngl 😔