@papilioo said ; “you’re allowed to need help sometimes.” / 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 ,
❝ ...... Is that so ? ❞ A genuine inquiry, one that deep down scratched untold words and distant almost eroded memories. How much more weight can burdened shoulders carry before they start to collapse? was the question that appeared inside his head, yet little did the answer matter, for he knew that he would have carried all the weights of the world if it meant that things would have ended differently back then .... He didn’t need help back then, she needed help, yet he wasn’t even able to offer that . Those were already more than distant memories, and although in silence he used to frequent the foggy world of ‘what if’s , no answer he has come up with have yet been able to bring that person back.
Raising that humble cup of tea he’s been offered earlier, he brings it up to his lips as a matter to give himself a little more time to arrange his thoughts. ❝ —I am not against receiving help if offered, yet I feel like it would be unwise of me to not offer anything in exchange. Like life and death, I suppose you of all people understand the importance of an equivalent exchange. It is however strange how sometimes, even the most perfect of balances tend to shift so easily ... ❞