[Then the king hadn't made it to Avalon at the time her legend said she did.
More importantly, that meant Bedivere had carried regret in his heart for more than one thousand five hundred years. That mental strain had to be significant: the kind that would've given someone a heart attack from the accumulated stress, shaving off at least a decade or two from their lifespan.]
Merlin must've been quite the smith, if he managed to reform only that much metal into an entire arm.
[Both his offered smile and that attempt at humor seemed to fall short. Dazai trailed his fingers down to cup Bedivere's jaw in gentle encouragement to look at him.]
The journey you undertook afterward sounds pretty arduous. But I can tell you this: it's not inherently wrong to wish for a loved one to survive a fatal wound and keep on living.
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More importantly, that meant Bedivere had carried regret in his heart for more than one thousand five hundred years. That mental strain had to be significant: the kind that would've given someone a heart attack from the accumulated stress, shaving off at least a decade or two from their lifespan.]
Merlin must've been quite the smith, if he managed to reform only that much metal into an entire arm.
[Both his offered smile and that attempt at humor seemed to fall short. Dazai trailed his fingers down to cup Bedivere's jaw in gentle encouragement to look at him.]
The journey you undertook afterward sounds pretty arduous. But I can tell you this: it's not inherently wrong to wish for a loved one to survive a fatal wound and keep on living.