[This story just keeps getting worse and worse, and the entire time Fern can understand exactly how Varian must have felt. Trying to do the right thing only to screw up, feeling desperate enough to hurt people in order to do what he thought was right... it's all very familiar.
He's guessing he must have felt this way the first time he heard the story, but it feels fresh. New. Raw.
He finds himself slouching as he listens, looking down at his hands.]
Did you win?
[He knows that's a terrible thing to ask, but... he at least wants to hope he was able to save his dad. He knows what it's like to lose a father, and he wouldn't wish that on someone who considers him a friend.]
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He's guessing he must have felt this way the first time he heard the story, but it feels fresh. New. Raw.
He finds himself slouching as he listens, looking down at his hands.]
Did you win?
[He knows that's a terrible thing to ask, but... he at least wants to hope he was able to save his dad. He knows what it's like to lose a father, and he wouldn't wish that on someone who considers him a friend.]