[a very short version of the answer, but one that gets right to the point of why this was difficult.]
Went too far. I tried to draw too much power from it, I-- reached something I shouldn't have. There's not really any resisting the voices, at that point, they just... they become all that there is.
that... that makes the imagery of the execution make sense; that, layered over what he already knows about rynlan's world, his life...it clicks unpleasantly, and he makes a soft noise in recognition, very gently wounded. that kind of suffering - like a wormhole of neverending voices and sounds. ]
... And so you had to relive that. [ he reaches out, and gently touches his hand. ] I'm so sorry, Rynlan.
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[a very short version of the answer, but one that gets right to the point of why this was difficult.]
Went too far. I tried to draw too much power from it, I-- reached something I shouldn't have. There's not really any resisting the voices, at that point, they just... they become all that there is.
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that... that makes the imagery of the execution make sense; that, layered over what he already knows about rynlan's world, his life...it clicks unpleasantly, and he makes a soft noise in recognition, very gently wounded. that kind of suffering - like a wormhole of neverending voices and sounds. ]
... And so you had to relive that. [ he reaches out, and gently touches his hand. ] I'm so sorry, Rynlan.