with everything going on, she didn't really have the chance to check up on him before the trial. and after it, many of them were so worn-down as to just... turn in for the night. now the execution is over, and ion's had a glimpse of what someone in the castle tried to sentence him to.
it's worrying enough that reyna feels the need to track him down and check up on him.]
Reyna may have to reevaluate her impression of Ion. She never thought badly of him - but he had seemed a little, well... weak. In the sink-or-swim world of Camp Jupiter, he probably would have sunk.
But that sort of quiet strength - the resolve not to dwell on it, to forgive in spite of the fright - is a rare quality.]
Well... you were the one most directly affected by it, so I suppose the rest of us ought not to dwell on it as well.
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toughchoices) wrote2018-06-02 01:57 am
prologue - sunday afternoon;
with everything going on, she didn't really have the chance to check up on him before the trial. and after it, many of them were so worn-down as to just... turn in for the night. now the execution is over, and ion's had a glimpse of what someone in the castle tried to sentence him to.
it's worrying enough that reyna feels the need to track him down and check up on him.]
Ion?
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Oh, hello. How are you doing?
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[as all right as anyone can be, which is probably a common sentiment this weekend]
What about you? You're the one that received a vote, aren't you?
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[His smile becomes pained.]
It's a little frightening to think about...but there's no point in dwelling on it when no harm was meant. That's how I feel about it.
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Reyna may have to reevaluate her impression of Ion. She never thought badly of him - but he had seemed a little, well... weak. In the sink-or-swim world of Camp Jupiter, he probably would have sunk.
But that sort of quiet strength - the resolve not to dwell on it, to forgive in spite of the fright - is a rare quality.]
Well... you were the one most directly affected by it, so I suppose the rest of us ought not to dwell on it as well.
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[He leans his staff against his shoulder.]
It was a serious action that shouldn't be taken lightly, but just as serious was the choice everyone else made to vote for Lady Evans.
[Ion gets a bit of a far-away look as he keeps smiling, his eyes soft.]
We're all stuck in the same situation. Guilt or innocence, a life is a life.