...Some people would think that terribly cruel, Aqua. Trying to give a dying man hope that you can not possibly know will end in anything. Even a doctor should know when the prognosis is beyond salvaging.
[His tone was serious, but not admonishing yet. There was a difference between sympathy born of condescending pity and sympathy born of actual care. Viktor didn't have much experience with the latter, but he was learning to recognize it by now.]
Do not misunderstand. Dying now would leave me as less than a footnote in Piltover's history, a pointless life that was able to be of use to no one. This is not resignation; I despise the idea of having lived and died without purpose, and if I can avoid it, I will. But...do hajzlu, Aqua, think your process through to a conclusion. If and when this does not work, what will you do? Drive yourself to madness over what you perceive as your own failing? [relatable?] If we have seen nothing else here, we have seen that we can not save everyone no matter how we wish to.
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[His tone was serious, but not admonishing yet. There was a difference between sympathy born of condescending pity and sympathy born of actual care. Viktor didn't have much experience with the latter, but he was learning to recognize it by now.]
Do not misunderstand. Dying now would leave me as less than a footnote in Piltover's history, a pointless life that was able to be of use to no one. This is not resignation; I despise the idea of having lived and died without purpose, and if I can avoid it, I will. But...do hajzlu, Aqua, think your process through to a conclusion. If and when this does not work, what will you do? Drive yourself to madness over what you perceive as your own failing? [relatable?] If we have seen nothing else here, we have seen that we can not save everyone no matter how we wish to.