[ The mention of Jinx gives him a pause, unsurprisingly. As always, Silco knows how to hit where it hurts the most ─ in this case, the fact that Ragna is causing her so much grief right now. As if he doesn't wish there was some other way. ]
... Yeah. I'll have a shitton of apologizing to do. And I'll take responsibility for hurting her... after I make sure she's safe.
[ He exhales slowly, knowing that making this kind of promise is risky, as there's no actual guarantee he'll be coming back. Still... he's not the type to give up easily, so he just has to believe he'll find his way back here one way or another. ]
[When it was clear that Ragna was going to attempt to make the ultimate sacrifice and there was nothing he or Jinx could say or do to stop him at present, he was no above cutting the other to the quick in response. Anything to force a brief pause as he moved to gather his daughter so that they could hunt for Ragna.]
She is safe if we leave town, but it's fine. I'll explain to her your abandonment for some stupid notion of a greater good. I've always told her that everything betrays us but each other, and it is assuring that it holds true.
[Yes, he was hitting as close to personal as he could. He wouldn't apologize. He knew there as nothing that he could do, so he was lashing out. Even if they found Ragna, he still knew.]
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Date: 2025-03-27 10:15 pm (UTC)... Yeah. I'll have a shitton of apologizing to do. And I'll take responsibility for hurting her... after I make sure she's safe.
[ He exhales slowly, knowing that making this kind of promise is risky, as there's no actual guarantee he'll be coming back. Still... he's not the type to give up easily, so he just has to believe he'll find his way back here one way or another. ]
Until then, take care, old man.
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Date: 2025-03-28 01:39 am (UTC)She is safe if we leave town, but it's fine. I'll explain to her your abandonment for some stupid notion of a greater good. I've always told her that everything betrays us but each other, and it is assuring that it holds true.
[Yes, he was hitting as close to personal as he could. He wouldn't apologize. He knew there as nothing that he could do, so he was lashing out. Even if they found Ragna, he still knew.]