[ He can't help the sigh of relief that comes from that, trying to push the thought of the last time he'd seen Joshua out of his mind, broken and bleeding. Clive doesn't find it a surprise that he can't feel Ultima — as far as Clive knows, Ultima is dead, vanished into the aether, his last words still the antithesis of everything Clive holds in his heart to be true.
But if Joshua is concerned, then there must be reason to be. Clive trusts his brother in this, and so if Joshua says all is well, then it must be, until it isn't, and when it isn't, then they would face it together. As it should be. ]
But he hasn't yet. And that's what matters.
[ He pauses, hesitating. He can't lie to Joshua, not even by omission. ]
And with luck, he won't ever. Before I arrived here, I killed him.
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But if Joshua is concerned, then there must be reason to be. Clive trusts his brother in this, and so if Joshua says all is well, then it must be, until it isn't, and when it isn't, then they would face it together. As it should be. ]
But he hasn't yet. And that's what matters.
[ He pauses, hesitating. He can't lie to Joshua, not even by omission. ]
And with luck, he won't ever. Before I arrived here, I killed him.