Oct. 20th, 2013

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[ He is seated. Calm, pale. Facing the camera square. ] I have to say something. And maybe no one will listen or care, but I have to say it anyway.

Garrett Hobbs - Hannibal. I knew he was bad. Wrong. [ Utter certainty in his tone - that some people are simply poison. ] I knew that he would make a move, eventually. I did nothing. I didn't warn anyone. I -

[ He takes a breath. ]

In the Breach, in Oxford, he was my father. He was like my real father, only worse. My real father, Straff, was always trying to keep a leash on me. He thought Allomancers craved metals, that I could be swayed with gifts and promises, or with threats or belittling. He never understood why I stayed, and neither did I. Hannibal understood. He used - every inch of my weakness.

No, I don't - think this was my fault. I don't think it was my doing. [ Not his responsibility. It was Hannibal who hurt people. ]

But I think the Barge deserved more from me. I think [ and his eyes unfocus, slightly ] that I violated the duty that I owed to the people here who care about me, and the people who care about them, and about them.

I'm sorry.

I will... try to be stronger. Next time. [ He is wan. He seems just - empty. And tired and sad. ]

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