SN-SE 32

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random quote of the chapter: i guess it's true what they say, you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself playing card games on motorcycles

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*o_o this has been in my mind for the past 4 years or so. been repeatedly thinking "i'll draw it then" or "i'll draw this when i get back from [insert place]" or "maybe it'd be cool to get this out by Valentines", but that point never seemed to come til now. and then there was dA Eclipse itself severely harming my motiv by fucking up many of the descriptions and just being awful all around ... plus, general issues with depression and shit. o_o but ... well, we finally got it

**on top of that, i had been thinking about the scene for even longer, as it had been on my mind since around halfway through the Akala arc ... so, like, 6 years, give or take

*if a refresher on Selene's past is needed, have this named link to 28.5 2. o.o 26 also works, as brief glimpses into it were shown by the end

**o3o and this is for Soun's powers, just to be safe. it has been a while after all

*o_o trauma's not an excuse to be an asshole. i don't care what you've been through, the moment you make innocents miserable, you lose any sympathy that may have been there

**and you'll be seen as lower than trash if it's used as an excuse to get away with everything

*o.o keep in mind, Soun's powers can stack. so a fusion of his healing abilities should rapidly make her better. o3o;; Selene really didn't need to tear her hair off like that, she could've just lifted those bits of hair

*o.o seems a bit coincidental to have the mark of the Moone on her, huh? well, Soun didn't use that to be thematic, he saw it somewhere and thought it looked cool. simple as that. he also thought Selene thought it would look cool

** he was right

* Selene's right to be so baffled by everything. o.o she knows she's awful and she fucked up ... and yet this idiot still wants to forgive her? really? o_o;; it's all so puzzling ... just ... why?!?! why is he so forgiving?! is he just that horny!? is he just that into bad girls?! how naive can he be?! what is all this?!!? o_o that kind of deal

** the concept of forgiveness is already strange for someone like Selene, but to this extent?

*it took so long to get to this point ... and i've had that final line on repeat in my head for years ...

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