[ the answer is very much like alhaitham, and there's comfort in that. he tries, with eloquent and fancy words, to dispel all of kaveh's uncertainties, and time and time again, it works. he has, after all, long lost the energy to argue back. they had, once. bicker, taunt each other, argue about the most mundane of things solely for the sake of arguing, to prove each other wrong, to hold their beliefs close to heart.
are they still kaveh and alhaitham if they do not argue? are they still themselves, if alhaitham is so gentle on his touch, and kaveh loses faith in the world?
he brings alhaitham's hand to his forehead, clings to it with both of his hands. warm. is he truly not a victim of fate? does he not think himself one? is it not cruel that one of the few people who admires the beauty of the world in sumeru akademiya is the one poisoned by it, and fated to die? ]
Tell me then, Alhaitham. How will you stop me once I stop losing faith in the world? What will you tell me, and how will you pull me up from the dark well of despair?
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Date: 2023-05-01 04:43 am (UTC)are they still kaveh and alhaitham if they do not argue? are they still themselves, if alhaitham is so gentle on his touch, and kaveh loses faith in the world?
he brings alhaitham's hand to his forehead, clings to it with both of his hands. warm. is he truly not a victim of fate? does he not think himself one? is it not cruel that one of the few people who admires the beauty of the world in sumeru akademiya is the one poisoned by it, and fated to die? ]
Tell me then, Alhaitham. How will you stop me once I stop losing faith in the world? What will you tell me, and how will you pull me up from the dark well of despair?