Of course. Of course Salieri thought he was doing the right thing. Varian had his doubts that he would have acted frivolously, but that doesn't change the fact that he acted when he should have just...]
So before another line gets crossed And everything we've had is lost Just... wait
[But I won't wait...
Salieri had to do something. He had to act, and he had to do it right then. It led to an act of desperation, and now...now two more of them are dead, and it's for god damn nothing.
Varian's knuckles are white, and he's tempted to hit the man. To shake him harder, to do something to make him understand just how bad this was...but he can't. He slides forward a little until his forehead drops against Salieri's chest, free of the blood that another one of his children had to witness. Varian can't imagine the chaos this sent the living into. And Farrah...oh Farrah.
It's enough to make more tears fall when he closes his eyes, a hitching breath catching in the back of his throat.]
...that's what he wants. He wants us to think we're doing something we're not. And when you realize it...it's too late.
[He murmurs the lyrics to another, grimly familiar song, but it's more...him speaking the words than singing them.]
...you take one step and it's hard to turn back It pulls you along And though it seems wrong it feels right
Don't you see...
[Varian pulls back again, looking at Salieri imploringly.]
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Of course. Of course Salieri thought he was doing the right thing. Varian had his doubts that he would have acted frivolously, but that doesn't change the fact that he acted when he should have just...]
So before another line gets crossed
And everything we've had is lost
Just... wait
[But I won't wait...
Salieri had to do something. He had to act, and he had to do it right then. It led to an act of desperation, and now...now two more of them are dead, and it's for god damn nothing.
Varian's knuckles are white, and he's tempted to hit the man. To shake him harder, to do something to make him understand just how bad this was...but he can't. He slides forward a little until his forehead drops against Salieri's chest, free of the blood that another one of his children had to witness. Varian can't imagine the chaos this sent the living into. And Farrah...oh Farrah.
It's enough to make more tears fall when he closes his eyes, a hitching breath catching in the back of his throat.]
...that's what he wants. He wants us to think we're doing something we're not. And when you realize it...it's too late.
[He murmurs the lyrics to another, grimly familiar song, but it's more...him speaking the words than singing them.]
...you take one step and it's hard to turn back
It pulls you along
And though it seems wrong it feels right
Don't you see...
[Varian pulls back again, looking at Salieri imploringly.]
You...shouldn't have done this.