Tael's Misery

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Furi gently nudged the pile of fish toward her brother with a small snort.
"C'mon, eat." She told him, giving him a somewhat stern gaze.
Tael hadn't eaten in a few days, looking deeply upset. Furi had mostly forgiven him at this point, and they were making amends.
But Tael refused to let go of Indigo altogether. Now that his friend was in prison, he was all upset again. He wanted desperately to visit Indigo, to support him, to apologize, to help, he'd been told he wasn't allowed to by the Haligan guards. No Furies were allowed to see Indigo. He understood why, but it still infuriated and upset him.
Furi sighed and nudged him again. "Just eat! You'll do no one any good just lying here feeling sorry for yourself!"
"Indigo should at least have friends to help him through this." Tael muttered, staring at the stone floor. "It's unfair. He's always depended on us to be there for him, because he's always miserable. He needs us. But chief Grey won't let us near him! He's gotta be so miserable!"
Furi grumbled under her breath and grabbed a fish for herself, regarding him with a deadpan look. "They ate the mean part of his head, remember? He'll be fine."
Tael slapped his tail on the ground in frustration. "You still don't understand!"
Furi gave him a bit of a glare, but he barely noticed.
"Indigo can't just be magically fixed just like that!"
"That's exactly how they fixed him. Magically. With a demon." She told him. "A demon that had every reason to fix him."
"She ripped half of his mind out of him! Do you really think that won't cause anything in terms of side effects?" Tael took a deep breath and calmed himself. "Indigo once explained to me how his mind worked."
"Well, that was sure to be confusing and hard to understand." Furi stated. "How does he even know? I thought he was nuts."
Tael clawed at the stone. "Okay, listen. Here's what he told me. Once, his mind was normal and fine, but when he died that one time, it fractured slightly. He'd started to swap between two personalities. A vengeful, angry, hateful one, and a more reasonable, calmer one."
Furi nodded, not looking incredibly impressed. "I thought we knew that already. You told me that already when Storm told us what he saw."
"...Right, I did." Tael muttered. "That was a crazy day, okay?"
Furi shrugged. "So what new parts are there to that?"
Tael sniffed. "Uh... It's been a while."
Furi sighed. "He was half a total nutcase, and half a more reasonable fellow, but never showed it. Gotcha. Now that the demon ripped out his nutcase half, he's bound to be fine. Stop worrying."
"Yeah but that other half of him that remains. It's the part that's more dependent on others, the part that was emotional and upset. He could be more happy when that one was out, but also more sad. More lonely. Without that angry half of him, and without us to help him, sadness and loneliness is all he has right now. He's bound to break down eventually! He's going to be alone for twenty years!" Tael stated, punctuating it with a slap of his paw on the floor of he cave.
"So why are you telling me this? Why not ask the Chief? She's the one who gave the order." Furi asked, looking confused.
Tael buried his head in his paws. "I don't have the courage. It's not like she wants to see him well. She just wants him locked away until he... I don't know, learns something. Shows he's better. It's not like any of the humans or half breeds have any reason to care about him. I'd be talking to a stone wall." He started to shake. "Indigo needs us, and we can't get to him." He whimpered.
Furi rolled her eyes. "I still can't understand why you care for him so much."
Tael perked an ear with a sigh and started to tell her Indigo's story, deciding it would help her understand at last. At first she didn't seem impressed, but her eyes eventually widened with shock as he went on. When he ended at the part where he met Indigo, Furi remained silent for a while.
"Doesn't excuse nothing about him. It's not our fault or anyone's fault he let himself turn into a murdering monster. The fact he turned himself in changes nothing too. He still killed all those people." She eventually snarled.
Tael didn't have the energy to argue with her anymore and slumped. "He's lonely and miserable too, you know. Yeah, he's a monster. But he's broken and in pain all the time. He lost his mom, just like we lost ours."
"Neither of us went on a murder vengeance spree. Neither of us spent several years honing magic for the sole purpose of taking out a bunch of hunters."
"You were going to make a deal with a demon to bring me back." Tael stated dully. "People do crazy things for those they love, even if it's misguided sometimes. He was full of hatred, sure. But he also loves. Indigo loves us more than you can know. One time when I got really injured in a raid on a hunting ship, and the others had to carry me back, he practically exhausted himself healing me. His healing has limits outside himself, and he was tired for a week after healing me. He's not as evil as you think."
Furi hesitated slightly and went silent.
Tael reached for one of the fish and began munching on it sadly.
The siblings eventually settled down in silence and went to sleep, a lot still unsaid.
Category:BOTGD 2
Category:Events
Category:Act I
Category:Furi
Category:Tael