[Oh, has he never? ...Is that a question Clarke even truly needs to ask? She's been aboard this ship as long as he, if not longer. Has she already forgotten that he died in the battle royale right alongside Rita, who he catastrophically failed to defend? That not a single person could deal an ounce of lasting damage to the captain in that dinner after the fact--to say nothing of how Clarke was the only one to so much as exact a blow, with her lobster crackers? That he was just as susceptible to the effects of that cursed rain as anyone else, and found himself forced to divulge things he'd never wanted to speak of in this place? That he had no choice but to watch alongside everyone else, as Skulduggery Pleasant sacrificed himself in a game to open the way out from a dimension designed specifically to trap and kill countless past passengers?
That he could only study Natsuno's remains in that closet, after the decision he'd made without telling anyone--a decision Jade surely should have been able to see coming? That he couldn't actually tell at all, when his closer friends here were first possessed by shades, and failed to act even on piqued suspicions until he'd be killed while robbed of his own will in the process?
That he still doesn't fully understand how this transpired to begin with, nor know how to fully amd completely prevent this from ever happening again? That he's made no further progress than anyone else here, on finding a way to sever every passenger from the bonds of this ship without fading to oblivion in the process?
That it still feels overwhelmingly likely they'll all be collectively living out the rest of their limited lives in this place?
...To not even touch upon events back home, before all this. Professor Nebilim, Fon Master Ion, Luke...
Ah, but he had magic in all those occasions, so surely he never should have felt powerless. Right?]
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That he could only study Natsuno's remains in that closet, after the decision he'd made without telling anyone--a decision Jade surely should have been able to see coming? That he couldn't actually tell at all, when his closer friends here were first possessed by shades, and failed to act even on piqued suspicions until he'd be killed while robbed of his own will in the process?
That he still doesn't fully understand how this transpired to begin with, nor know how to fully amd completely prevent this from ever happening again? That he's made no further progress than anyone else here, on finding a way to sever every passenger from the bonds of this ship without fading to oblivion in the process?
That it still feels overwhelmingly likely they'll all be collectively living out the rest of their limited lives in this place?
...To not even touch upon events back home, before all this. Professor Nebilim, Fon Master Ion, Luke...
Ah, but he had magic in all those occasions, so surely he never should have felt powerless. Right?]