Sep 20, 2025
"I'm not a total monster" says Athelas. "I'm only going to let this child volunteer to be a human sacrifice for my benefit if his suicidal ideation is strong enough that he wants to! Because I'm so reformed, you see."
#buddy#buddy boy#worlds behind#worlds behind spoilers#I'm on my first worlds behind re-read#wish I had e- or print books but I'll have to settle for the audio#Athelas and YeoWoo's voices are fine but I'm not big into everyone else's voices#oh well#also he's treating harrow the way he's come to view that young part of himself that used to be like harrow#as if he is already dead#like Athelas' more idealistic younger self#he couldn't save himself#couldn't save Zero#[someone else had to do it]#so he's not even going to try to save harrow#he thinks he knows how this ends#we all know he doesn't :)#city between