She shared with me a wish while she was dying. [His voice gets quieter, because these are things he hasn't spoken of. How can he become someone who lets her go? The memory baffles him still.] She is why I'm named the Champion of Promises. I was to fulfill her wish.
[And then the Professor twisted it in his grief. But that's not the important part right now.] If I had some way to save her, to make sure her kind spirit lived on to do good in the world she wanted to protect, I'd do it. But I don't--I can't--trust the Overseers to keep their word, that even if they or the Benefactors have their powers over time and space, there's no reason they should do as they say.
I lost everyone in one day, even myself. [Oh, the Professor lived on for some time, but clearly...clearly he'd never been the same man.] Even if I believed in some kind of god, why would I want to continue doing so after that?
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[And then the Professor twisted it in his grief. But that's not the important part right now.] If I had some way to save her, to make sure her kind spirit lived on to do good in the world she wanted to protect, I'd do it. But I don't--I can't--trust the Overseers to keep their word, that even if they or the Benefactors have their powers over time and space, there's no reason they should do as they say.
I lost everyone in one day, even myself. [Oh, the Professor lived on for some time, but clearly...clearly he'd never been the same man.] Even if I believed in some kind of god, why would I want to continue doing so after that?