[Salieri should be left alone. Varian should leave him here to stew on the gravity of what he'd done, because it's important that it sinks in since now...the rest of the living are just being put through more suffering because of it. But Salieri was right about one thing...
Varian is a child. And while he might not be able to forgive something like this, there's one thing he's resolved to never do.
He moves closer, wrapping his arms around Salieri's neck again, pulling him into his arms, this time.]
No one can be expected to make the right decisions under that kind of pressure. It's...not going to make up for it, at all, but...
[He closes his eyes, his face pressed halfway to his shoulder. Even here, he's exactly as Varian remembers him. The shape of him, the way he smells...]
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Varian is a child. And while he might not be able to forgive something like this, there's one thing he's resolved to never do.
He moves closer, wrapping his arms around Salieri's neck again, pulling him into his arms, this time.]
No one can be expected to make the right decisions under that kind of pressure. It's...not going to make up for it, at all, but...
[He closes his eyes, his face pressed halfway to his shoulder. Even here, he's exactly as Varian remembers him. The shape of him, the way he smells...]
I'm not going to leave you alone.