Wes sighed, dropping his hands back down to his sides, nodding in resignation.
"It's your decision, of course. I know you meant it. That you aren't naive, you know what you're getting into. But as every day goes by, I can't help thinking that this is a sinking ship. We may owe it to Angel to stick with him to the bitter end, but...I don't want that for you."
He wanted so much more for her. Wanted Fred to have a life that made up for those harrowing lonely years in Pylea. He wanted her to be happy and safe. To be surrounded by people who loved and cherished her, not be in an environment where there was always someone lurking in the background, intent on causing her harm because of her choice to be a part of this.
"I wish--"
So many things he would have changed, done differently if he'd only known how it might have played out. It wasn't normally something he did, allowing himself to be wistful. He'd always accepted the consequences of his actions, the mistakes he'd made, the opportunities he'd missed. But right now, in this very moment, he wanted to change everything. Selfishly turn back time and make it end differently. Rewrite their fortunes. Best out of three, right?
"I wish we'd never come here, Fred. This isn't us. What were we thinking? That we could control this place? Change it before it changed us? It was a mistake. We shouldn't have accepted their offer."
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"It's your decision, of course. I know you meant it. That you aren't naive, you know what you're getting into. But as every day goes by, I can't help thinking that this is a sinking ship. We may owe it to Angel to stick with him to the bitter end, but...I don't want that for you."
He wanted so much more for her. Wanted Fred to have a life that made up for those harrowing lonely years in Pylea. He wanted her to be happy and safe. To be surrounded by people who loved and cherished her, not be in an environment where there was always someone lurking in the background, intent on causing her harm because of her choice to be a part of this.
"I wish--"
So many things he would have changed, done differently if he'd only known how it might have played out. It wasn't normally something he did, allowing himself to be wistful. He'd always accepted the consequences of his actions, the mistakes he'd made, the opportunities he'd missed. But right now, in this very moment, he wanted to change everything. Selfishly turn back time and make it end differently. Rewrite their fortunes. Best out of three, right?
"I wish we'd never come here, Fred. This isn't us. What were we thinking? That we could control this place? Change it before it changed us? It was a mistake. We shouldn't have accepted their offer."