well it's a bit frightening, for one thing, and Benedict doesn't enjoy thinking about the ramifications of his or anyone else's shards; perhaps they're all doomed to die from them in the end, if the Rifters don't just vanish. Which they are wont to do either way.
But more than that, it's sad. To live in such pain, to succumb to it without even questioning.
"You never know," he says mildly, carefully, "the Research division has managed to solve problems I had no idea existed. It might be worth investigating."
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well it's a bit frightening, for one thing, and Benedict doesn't enjoy thinking about the ramifications of his or anyone else's shards; perhaps they're all doomed to die from them in the end, if the Rifters don't just vanish. Which they are wont to do either way.
But more than that, it's sad. To live in such pain, to succumb to it without even questioning.
"You never know," he says mildly, carefully, "the Research division has managed to solve problems I had no idea existed. It might be worth investigating."