[it's clumsy and unrefined, but archie knows what he did, exactly. at the very least, he's not grasping at straws. he know how he's hurt blue and what he did to do it. he never had any delusions about what he did for very long. just like kyogre; it needed to go to the extreme.
archie's own mug stays abandoned on the side of the counter as he crosses his arms, listening, trying to think.]
...Yeah. [he admits. it goes a little deeper than that - as he expects it does for blue, too - but after he'd hurt so many people that had considered him a friend and leader... archie was never sure if his amendments would just end up as lip service. he knows he'll never be forgiven for what he did - shelly had said as much - but that didn't stop him from wanting to try. at the same time, he knew the only thing stopping him from really fixing himself was... well, himself.] Do you think... it's possible to ever stop spinning?
[he doesn't. it's an honest question devoid of all the confidence archie's had in either of their recoveries that's been there before. mabye being with red has slowed blue down a bit, but like it is with anyone, the true recovery lies with blue, not his relationship with anyone else. even if archie, uh, fucked it up and knocked it back a lot.]
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archie's own mug stays abandoned on the side of the counter as he crosses his arms, listening, trying to think.]
...Yeah. [he admits. it goes a little deeper than that - as he expects it does for blue, too - but after he'd hurt so many people that had considered him a friend and leader... archie was never sure if his amendments would just end up as lip service. he knows he'll never be forgiven for what he did - shelly had said as much - but that didn't stop him from wanting to try. at the same time, he knew the only thing stopping him from really fixing himself was... well, himself.] Do you think... it's possible to ever stop spinning?
[he doesn't. it's an honest question devoid of all the confidence archie's had in either of their recoveries that's been there before. mabye being with red has slowed blue down a bit, but like it is with anyone, the true recovery lies with blue, not his relationship with anyone else. even if archie, uh, fucked it up and knocked it back a lot.]