[Xanth doesn't want to make a promise he can't keep. What if it's already too late, and even if he writes now, something still happens? He'd still be hurt, or dead, or whatever else letting the tattoos take over entails.
He still wants to know. He thinks they should find out. But... before all of that, he can't leave Ironhide alone. They are nearly all that's left of the M.S. Elegante, and Xanth can't do that. Not after everything they've been through.
Not after the dreams he had tonight.
With a lump in his throat, Xanth nods and reaches up to tiredly rub his eyes.]
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[Xanth doesn't want to make a promise he can't keep. What if it's already too late, and even if he writes now, something still happens? He'd still be hurt, or dead, or whatever else letting the tattoos take over entails.
He still wants to know. He thinks they should find out. But... before all of that, he can't leave Ironhide alone. They are nearly all that's left of the M.S. Elegante, and Xanth can't do that. Not after everything they've been through.
Not after the dreams he had tonight.
With a lump in his throat, Xanth nods and reaches up to tiredly rub his eyes.]
I-I will. I-I, I-- I will.