[ A moment of that old confidence. Jinx is perfect, Jinx can do anything. She is stronger and faster than anyone else he knows. She can do anything. Silco doesn't have to worry about her, because who could stand to Jinx's capabilities? She was smarter and everything that he could imagine.
But. There's a gem in his rooms. How long had he protected that so carefully, from the delusion β it had to be a delusion now that they are here? Was it all a lie? He wanted to now rip her head from her neck β of what he'd been fed a world away. How desperately he'd clung to it. How he'd so carefully protected it, how threatened it had been. How he'd slowly descended into madness, turning everyone against him, escalating a war, and then very nearly losing it.
Oh, he'd gotten so close. He knew how would have been lost. Had it been a lie? Could he do anything? How could he have done anything but the choice he'd made? But had he damned everything? No, no. Time had moved on. It had been a lie.
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But. There's a gem in his rooms. How long had he protected that so carefully, from the delusion β it had to be a delusion now that they are here? Was it all a lie? He wanted to now rip her head from her neck β of what he'd been fed a world away. How desperately he'd clung to it. How he'd so carefully protected it, how threatened it had been. How he'd slowly descended into madness, turning everyone against him, escalating a war, and then very nearly losing it.
Oh, he'd gotten so close. He knew how would have been lost. Had it been a lie? Could he do anything? How could he have done anything but the choice he'd made? But had he damned everything? No, no. Time had moved on. It had been a lie.
It had been a lie. ]