【生肉搬运】鸟雀Passerine 第五章(37)
Techno sighed. “There’s going to a ‘but’ now, isn’t there?”
“But,” Philza continued, meeting Techno’s disappointed stare head-on, something close to sadness flickering over his face, “we have the rest of our lives for my atonement. I will apologize to you every minute of every day, once this is all over. I will never stop trying to make it up to you, but it will have to wait once we’re safe. Once we’re all home.” He glanced pointedly at Tommy, then back at Techno. “Like I said, this war isn’t over. The Green God is still out there. This was simply his invitation.”
“An invitation?” Techno thought about the thousands of corpses—enemy and ally—buried underneath the rubble of exploded mountains. His trident and whip, still slick with blood. What had the war god said? I’m merely a pawn in this game. “Is this all a joke to him?”
Philza nodded tightly. “He’s more god than the both of us.”
“You calling me a mortal, Philza?”
“That depends.” Philza smiled gently. “Do you still think it’s an insult?”
Techno did not reply. Instead, he turned towards the front of tent, to the rain still raging outside.
“But,” Philza continued, meeting Techno’s disappointed stare head-on, something close to sadness flickering over his face, “we have the rest of our lives for my atonement. I will apologize to you every minute of every day, once this is all over. I will never stop trying to make it up to you, but it will have to wait once we’re safe. Once we’re all home.” He glanced pointedly at Tommy, then back at Techno. “Like I said, this war isn’t over. The Green God is still out there. This was simply his invitation.”
“An invitation?” Techno thought about the thousands of corpses—enemy and ally—buried underneath the rubble of exploded mountains. His trident and whip, still slick with blood. What had the war god said? I’m merely a pawn in this game. “Is this all a joke to him?”
Philza nodded tightly. “He’s more god than the both of us.”
“You calling me a mortal, Philza?”
“That depends.” Philza smiled gently. “Do you still think it’s an insult?”
Techno did not reply. Instead, he turned towards the front of tent, to the rain still raging outside.
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