[she goes still for a moment, an idea hitting her before she can tell him that death at one point would always be there, even as it comes closer.]
...There's a way to anchor you to this world, isn't there?
[it's crazy. it's impulsive. but with the limited knowledge she has, it is the only way she can think of to ensure Hyde doesn't die, other than pleading with the monarchs, and she doesn't know what he could offer them to give him such an investment. and Grell utterly refuses to simply step aside and lose a soul that perhaps understood hers without some protesting.]
[It isn't something he'd ask for, but it could be enough. But he doesn't know what even Grell would think if she saw everything that he did in life. He would hate to ruin a good thing (it's like moving in together, sure it's all well and good now, but what's it going to be like together 24/7?).
[she can't lose him. she can't lose her...friend? companion? whatever word he wants to put down in that space, she refuses to lose him. not when she has the power to stop it.]
Tell me, Edward, what you need me to do.
[not want.need, like it wasn't a question of whether or not she would. it's more that she needs the guidance to figure out what he needs, how to give it to him. he could rip open her veins with his teeth and take her blood without so much as a warning, and it'd be fine.]
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...There's a way to anchor you to this world, isn't there?
[it's crazy. it's impulsive. but with the limited knowledge she has, it is the only way she can think of to ensure Hyde doesn't die, other than pleading with the monarchs, and she doesn't know what he could offer them to give him such an investment. and Grell utterly refuses to simply step aside and lose a soul that perhaps understood hers without some protesting.]
holy shit has it really been a month WELL
[It isn't something he'd ask for, but it could be enough. But he doesn't know what even Grell would think if she saw everything that he did in life. He would hate to ruin a good thing (it's like moving in together, sure it's all well and good now, but what's it going to be like together 24/7?).
But he still has to make light of the situation.]
Or mana transfer.
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Tell me, Edward, what you need me to do.
[not want. need, like it wasn't a question of whether or not she would. it's more that she needs the guidance to figure out what he needs, how to give it to him. he could rip open her veins with his teeth and take her blood without so much as a warning, and it'd be fine.]