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[fourthsaken]

I never want to hear about you ending up in hell.

[The statement is slightly defiant, as if Jade believes as ridiculous as it sounds, that somehow she'll be able to stop that from happening. And maybe she could. Jade's certainly made more impossible things happen before, through some incomprehensible combination of magic and faith and belief.]

[crowedthedead]

[He smiles wryly.] Which is probably why we shouldn't be having this conversation.

[fourthsaken]

We shouldn't have it today.

But some day... [She leans up to look at him, gaze unusually sure.] I'm not gonna let that happen to you. We'll figure something out.

[crowedthedead]

[Soeki breathes out a sigh, scrubbing a hand over his face.] I've already had this conversation with Oliver. I did this to myself. If I get back home, and I die, I made my own bed and I'm going to have to lie in it. I don't want you getting your hopes up thinking you can change something that's inevitable.

[fourthsaken]

[She doesn't seem deterred by his response. She knows today isn't the day to push the issue, but she's no less determined to help him.]

Okay. But, remember, I brought my mom back to life. I don't think it's harder to bring you out from hell.

[crowedthedead]

Those two things are very different, and you know it. Anyway, I wouldn't want you to do that for me. Resurrection always goes really wrong. You can't extend a life past its time and the deal to re-do the judgement of a soul is way too dangerous.

[fourthsaken]

[Jade reaches out to take Soeki's hand again, lining up their matching tattoos.]

I know it always goes really wrong. Trust me. But even if you hated me for it, it'd be worth it. I'd rather have you safe than have you like me.

[crowedthedead]

[He lets her, sighing, his fingers curled loosely against his palm.] This is why I didn't want to have this conversation. I don't want to have this conversation with anyone, ever.

Nobody around me is going to make my mistakes.

[fourthsaken]

I've already made them. I brought my mom back from the dead, remember?

[crowedthedead]

Not necessarily with demonic interference. You don't know exactly how it happened, so you might still be fine.

[fourthsaken]

... You really wouldn't want me to even try? You don't... You don't deserve to go to hell. You're not a bad person. You were just trying to help your friend, that's all.

[crowedthedead]

[He huffs out a slightly frustrated noise and scrubs a hand through his hair.] I made my bed and came to terms with lying in it. I'm not a good person either, you know that, right?

[fourthsaken]

You're the best person I know. [She says it confidently, like there is no room for argument.] There's no one... No one understands me like you do. No one's tried to help like you have. I don't know what I'd do without you. If you're going to hell, I'd wanna go with you.

[crowedthedead]

No. [It comes out automatically, sharper than he intended.] Like hell you're following me down there on purpose. I will pull every fucking favor in my arsenal to keep that from happening.

Jade, I- [An exhale, and that sharp tone is gone, leaving only exhaustion.] Just because someone is good to you doesn't mean they're a good person. There have been plenty of people I haven't been so good to.

[fourthsaken]

[She winces at his angry tone, turning to shadow for a moment, curling in on herself. She recovers though, taking Soeki's hand.]

... You don't want me there with you?

[crowedthedead]

In Hell? No. Of course I don't. I don't want anybody I care about there with me.

[fourthsaken]

Even if they wanna be there with you?

[crowedthedead]

No one wants to go to Hell.

[fourthsaken]

I don't want to lose you.

[crowedthedead]

If you remember me, you won't lose me. Not really.

[fourthsaken]

I hate when people say that.