No More Pirate Queen but still training sets them up for some kind of future failure Izzy does not want to attempt to parse out. Maybe he hopes Darcy will come to her senses and change her mind. Maybe he hopes he will and accept her decision.
He is not a man of hard boundaries when it comes to things like this. When it comes to people he’s chosen to put on a pedestal. When it comes to people he’s chosen to serve.
He isn’t ready to confront that, either.
“I’m fine.” Like it’s easy. It is, really. Izzy Hands is Always Fine. He has to be, there’s too much to deal with otherwise. He’s had to accept this situation of reality. He’s had to accept the insane, magic and people like Skulduggery fucking existing. He’s had to force himself to be able to converse with ghosts and wizards and faceless puppets and literal, actual gods.
Bringing up the mission is a relief, actually. It’s work. He can talk about work.
“Jenny-“ no. You should call a god by their true name, “-Guabancex is dead. For now.”
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He is not a man of hard boundaries when it comes to things like this. When it comes to people he’s chosen to put on a pedestal. When it comes to people he’s chosen to serve.
He isn’t ready to confront that, either.
“I’m fine.” Like it’s easy. It is, really. Izzy Hands is Always Fine. He has to be, there’s too much to deal with otherwise. He’s had to accept this situation of reality. He’s had to accept the insane, magic and people like Skulduggery fucking existing. He’s had to force himself to be able to converse with ghosts and wizards and faceless puppets and literal, actual gods.
Bringing up the mission is a relief, actually. It’s work. He can talk about work.
“Jenny-“ no. You should call a god by their true name, “-Guabancex is dead. For now.”