open | sending crystal

[extramural]

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: The Outsider
RECIPIENT: Open!
WHAT: A morbid question.
WHEN: mid-month
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Talk of death, horrifying things, the Outsider being himself.

Tell me. What would you consider a fate worse than death?

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[extramural]

I am used to being hunted, hated -- and I am not so easy to kill.

[ But there is a soft hum of thought. ]

You would exchange yourself, your life and freedom, for those you care about?

[gatheringstorm]

...yes. I couldn't live with myself, anyway, if I had the chance to guarantee their safety and didn't take it.

But for me, life is freedom. The former doesn't amount to jack shit if the latter isn't included.

[extramural]

I hope that it never comes to that, my dear, [ he murmurs at last. ]