【生肉搬运】鸟雀Passerine 第五章(31)
And looking at Tommy’s peaceful face was what finally, finally, made Technoblade—emperor of ice, blood god, destroyer of worlds—cry.
He stood over Tommy’s body, and let the tears fall. He felt himself come undone with grief and guilt, misery and madness. And all at once he understood. He understood the anguish in the war god’s eyes. He understood the pain of the widows and orphans he’d left in his wake. He understood the agony of an entire world brought to its knees before a merciless god—and he felt it all.
A hand closed around his trembling shoulder.
“Techno.” Philza’s voice was a distant thing. “We need to talk.”
“Talk?” Techno whirled around, shrugging Philza’s hand off his shoulder. The other god simply backed away, giving Techno his space. Techno hated that almost as much as the blank look on Philza’s face. “What is there to talk about?”
“About—” Philza swallowed, leaning against the table as if he could not bear his own weight any longer. “About why I left.”
He stood over Tommy’s body, and let the tears fall. He felt himself come undone with grief and guilt, misery and madness. And all at once he understood. He understood the anguish in the war god’s eyes. He understood the pain of the widows and orphans he’d left in his wake. He understood the agony of an entire world brought to its knees before a merciless god—and he felt it all.
A hand closed around his trembling shoulder.
“Techno.” Philza’s voice was a distant thing. “We need to talk.”
“Talk?” Techno whirled around, shrugging Philza’s hand off his shoulder. The other god simply backed away, giving Techno his space. Techno hated that almost as much as the blank look on Philza’s face. “What is there to talk about?”
“About—” Philza swallowed, leaning against the table as if he could not bear his own weight any longer. “About why I left.”