Why? Why? For war of course, but that wasn't what Hikaru was asking. He was really asking how. How could someone do that? What would be the justification? The answer was the same. For war. To win. To create weapons that could fight an undefeatable enemy. That they wouldn't win against anyway. That would kill them all because of Rubedo. Except for Nigredo.
An enemy that would taint Albedo with inspiration and illumination; truth and despair, enlightenment and sorrow.
They were never meant to win against it. They were to be sacrifical lambs, led to the slaughter, dragged there by the one that mattered most. Most precious.
By now Albedo's face had effectively closed down, leaving nothing on the surface as a tell. His gaze slid to the side, focusing on something and nothing. Anything but the past. Not right now, when he was trying to focus on a different brother, on hate instead of pain.
He stayed silent, looking off to the side, before asking quietly, "Your brother's name is Kaoru?" That was obvious, Hikaru had said as much before, but Albedo wasn't social enough with others to make a smoother transition.
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An enemy that would taint Albedo with inspiration and illumination; truth and despair, enlightenment and sorrow.
They were never meant to win against it. They were to be sacrifical lambs, led to the slaughter, dragged there by the one that mattered most. Most precious.
By now Albedo's face had effectively closed down, leaving nothing on the surface as a tell. His gaze slid to the side, focusing on something and nothing. Anything but the past. Not right now, when he was trying to focus on a different brother, on hate instead of pain.
He stayed silent, looking off to the side, before asking quietly, "Your brother's name is Kaoru?" That was obvious, Hikaru had said as much before, but Albedo wasn't social enough with others to make a smoother transition.