[Varian catches the intake of breath from Jun, he can't really figure out what it's for, he's too busy trying to fight the self-loathing monster starting to rear up in the back of his mind. He's better than he was. He understands what he did doesn't make him a monster... but it's still hard to remember that, sometimes.]
No. It didn't. Instead, it created a bomb. A big one. Level a city big. Rapunzel had been away all that time, trying to learn more about the rocks. Her coming home made Andrew change track. He decided instead of the memory thing, he'd just kill everyone with the bomb. He'd just raze the city to the ground and that would be that. [ And Varian's invention would do it. He squeezes his eyes shut for a moment.] I didn't want everyone to die. That's not what I signed up for. So I tried to fight against him and his group. I got tossed in a cell with Rapunzel for my troubles and left to die with everyone else when they dropped the bomb.
Me and Rapunzel talked. I... I decided to help her stop it. I had a means to neutralise the chemical used in the bombs. She and I got onto the airship they were planning to drop it off, but we were caught. Andrew nearly threw me over the side in the process, but we managed to overpower them and he and his people got off the ship... but not before destroying one of the balloons keeping it up. The whole thing was losing altitude way too fast, and I didn't have time to neutralise all the barrels with the chemical in before it hit the ground and took everything and everyone with it.
[ He fiddles with his hands, nervously.]
I... I knew that if I used the chemical under the remaining balloon's burner, it would give the ship enough lift that I could get it clear of the island. But I also knew it would explode with that level of heat. I... I asked Rapunzel to let me stay on the ship. To get that done. I wanted to fix the mess I made and between the two of us it wasn't like I had anything left to live for.
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No. It didn't. Instead, it created a bomb. A big one. Level a city big. Rapunzel had been away all that time, trying to learn more about the rocks. Her coming home made Andrew change track. He decided instead of the memory thing, he'd just kill everyone with the bomb. He'd just raze the city to the ground and that would be that. [ And Varian's invention would do it. He squeezes his eyes shut for a moment.] I didn't want everyone to die. That's not what I signed up for. So I tried to fight against him and his group. I got tossed in a cell with Rapunzel for my troubles and left to die with everyone else when they dropped the bomb.
Me and Rapunzel talked. I... I decided to help her stop it. I had a means to neutralise the chemical used in the bombs. She and I got onto the airship they were planning to drop it off, but we were caught. Andrew nearly threw me over the side in the process, but we managed to overpower them and he and his people got off the ship... but not before destroying one of the balloons keeping it up. The whole thing was losing altitude way too fast, and I didn't have time to neutralise all the barrels with the chemical in before it hit the ground and took everything and everyone with it.
[ He fiddles with his hands, nervously.]
I... I knew that if I used the chemical under the remaining balloon's burner, it would give the ship enough lift that I could get it clear of the island. But I also knew it would explode with that level of heat. I... I asked Rapunzel to let me stay on the ship. To get that done. I wanted to fix the mess I made and between the two of us it wasn't like I had anything left to live for.