Stage 3

[the_bloody_road]

[As it happens, Dias doesn't have many secrets. He makes up for that by the ones he does have being pretty big, and generally known to no one outside Arlia

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[tenebrousking]

A fool is one who allows the shadows of his past to envelop his future in darkness. But perhaps you know that.

[the_bloody_road]

My present and future seem dark enough on their own without any help.

[tenebrousking]

Then it's all the more imperative you don't allow them to be further enshrouded. You say it matters not how strong you are... But I believe you're measuring the wrong aspect of strength.

[the_bloody_road]

...and how would you measure it?

[crimson_flashed]

What are you fighting for now?

[the_bloody_road]

I...don't know. It hardly feels like I'm still fighting at all.

To hold on to whatever I've got left, I guess.

[crimson_flashed]

That's someone that gave up.

What's that?

[the_bloody_road]

Maybe I have. There's so much that can't be fought against here.

[These questions are playing some serious hardball.] ...I don't know. Almost everyone that mattered to me here is gone.