[Varian is still struggling to catch his breath while he gives Salieri the floor to explain, his eyes glassy with unshed tears and the rest of him still shaking uncontrollably besides. There's a part of him that doesn't want to know, that feels like he'd be better off ignorant in how Salieri died. That he'd probably just end up even sadder, or worse...end up resenting, even hating, someone he came to love as his family.
...he never thought that person would be the one actually holding him in his arms. The reasoning...doesn't matter. Given the context Varian now has, he knows that the Wizard never intended to make good on any of the promises he lauded in those motives. Sure, he could easily kill everyone if he wanted...but he could do that literally any other time. It would probably be a mercy, if he did. The threat was just enough incentive to get Salieri to act, and it worked.
So on one hand, Salieri's reaction here...it makes sense. But on the other...
It means that Salieri left everyone knowingly. Willingly. He left them behind, expecting them to fail, to die.]
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...he never thought that person would be the one actually holding him in his arms. The reasoning...doesn't matter. Given the context Varian now has, he knows that the Wizard never intended to make good on any of the promises he lauded in those motives. Sure, he could easily kill everyone if he wanted...but he could do that literally any other time. It would probably be a mercy, if he did. The threat was just enough incentive to get Salieri to act, and it worked.
So on one hand, Salieri's reaction here...it makes sense. But on the other...
It means that Salieri left everyone knowingly. Willingly. He left them behind, expecting them to fail, to die.]
...no. No, you...
[It's wrong.]
You didn't. You- you have to tell me you didn't-