Unbeknownst to either of them, the other Kevin had finally crept back out to investigate as they spoke. He's leaning against the doorframe now, watching them. He wasn't able to catch all of the conversation, but he certainly caught enough to pick up on one thing.
"There's no way to fix what's happened. All you can do is get over it, and focus on what's in front of you," he says. He shakes his head, and for all the hatred he's displayed tonight, he stares at the other one earnestly. Some small part of him wants the other one to get it, wants him to prove that he can learn, because then at least this Kevin can know he's capable of it even if he himself failed. "What, do you think you can -- you can pop back into the past of your timeline, kill Jack Vessalius and take his place as the Hero? You'd fuck up as much as you fixed and you know it."
The werewolf glares at him, annoyed that his other self would pop up just to lord it over him that he's right. And he is right, and all of them do know it, and he can't be assed to argue about it anymore. If nothing else, one thing that is absolutely true in all of this is that all three of them are stubborn as hell. None of them are going to back down and it's useless to try to make it happen.
But there's a difference, he thinks, in indulging in your grief and letting it rule you, and he's convinced he's doing the former. He won't let them take that from him, either -- it's his right for loving the duke. The knight remains stubbornly silent.
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Unbeknownst to either of them, the other Kevin had finally crept back out to investigate as they spoke. He's leaning against the doorframe now, watching them. He wasn't able to catch all of the conversation, but he certainly caught enough to pick up on one thing.
"There's no way to fix what's happened. All you can do is get over it, and focus on what's in front of you," he says. He shakes his head, and for all the hatred he's displayed tonight, he stares at the other one earnestly. Some small part of him wants the other one to get it, wants him to prove that he can learn, because then at least this Kevin can know he's capable of it even if he himself failed. "What, do you think you can -- you can pop back into the past of your timeline, kill Jack Vessalius and take his place as the Hero? You'd fuck up as much as you fixed and you know it."
The werewolf glares at him, annoyed that his other self would pop up just to lord it over him that he's right. And he is right, and all of them do know it, and he can't be assed to argue about it anymore. If nothing else, one thing that is absolutely true in all of this is that all three of them are stubborn as hell. None of them are going to back down and it's useless to try to make it happen.
But there's a difference, he thinks, in indulging in your grief and letting it rule you, and he's convinced he's doing the former. He won't let them take that from him, either -- it's his right for loving the duke. The knight remains stubbornly silent.