No. I did make my way up and dismantled the "spectacle".
But also. The end result, the reason my stories scattered, and the whole reason why the Scenarios existed and occurred in the first place... they're because I did not want the story to end.
... so you could say I am the puppeteer behind it all. I just didn't know it until then.
[so so so so many apocalypses, but even worse was the crimes of tormenting certain people without knowing, just by existing. just by reading. a story.]
I don't know exactly what happened with that.
A princess with a library at the edge of the universe... servants of hers asked for help. A story of mine must have answered, because I ended up in that library.
... and I'm still fairly sure. That library's story wasn't altogether different from some things I know.
[ ONCE AGAIN he has to stay quiet for a few long moments, though he does let out a little mm of very clear, obvious annoyance. Do not treat Kim Dokja like Aglaea 2.0 Lyle will not be happy and unlike Aglaea this man might just off himself out of spite. Be strong. ]
I see. So this is a limit we could have negotiated earlier. We've found one for you.
[the want to point out that he WARNED HIM--but that does go to prove that they hit a limit and Kim Dokja very much wants to just erase this entire conversation to prevent that limit from being known again.]
Congratulations. I'm sure you're very proud of yourself in finding that and then when the conversation turns itself back to you, you won't acknowledge any limits because that would be admitting that you do have an area you don't like to have torn open.
I'd hate for you to have to admit such a thing to yourself.
I did not think it counted as one before I saw your reaction. I was reminded of my own and realized it now.
I am willing to let you put me on another forced obedience effect, if it would make you see that my attempts of understanding are sincere. Will you try to understand me as well?
[doesn't really believe that excuse, he definitely wouldn't put it passed this guy to lie about it and then make such a claim.
but he at least doesn't say that.]
... I'm sorry for your loss.
[he can at least acknowledge that much.]
I don't... know if obedience will necessarily lead to an understanding. And I don't know what will make me feel as if I have an equal measure of someone like you.
[ that's a bit better, so it at least makes him less of a hissy cat. ]
I did not mean to antagonize you with my commentary. And I apologize for hurting you with it. I will not be so careless again.
... As for my own limit. Linnea tried to comfort me by forwarding a hypothesis that she may have lived happily in different cycles. Different versions of the life I knew. That there must have been millions of lifetimes in which she wasn't taken early.
And that it was not my fault that she died.
That is what I could not accept and hear.
[ It's obvious he's saying that to level the playing field, deliberately giving him ammo against him ]
[the furrowed brow is one of someone who is. seeing a similarity. in someone that is NOT himself. and that's... hm. unsure how to feel about that.]
... in my experience, a brother isn't likely to find comfort in that. They'd rather keep suffering hell to make sure that their sister is safe in any timeline.
[Yu Junghyeok's feelings toward his sister... complicated but. just as extreme, honestly. never once forgave himself for any times she ended up dying, but especially not the first time.]
So it's not a tactic I would take to comfort someone.
...mm. It had the opposite effect. All the more so because I do remember two different timelines. The circumstances were different, but she still died.
[ a pause, and then he adds ]
You know someone who is trying to bring a loved one back, then.
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