[Did Curufin even tell Celebrimbor-chan that my eye had been repaired? Yukari didn't think to tell him at all.]
Someone offered me a solution a few months ago, through death. And before I went to battle with him, I called Curufin and told him I was going to die, and to wait for me in Hope-chan's Temple. It was such short notice, and I didn't give his feelings any consideration.
[And when Curufin recalled the pain he still carried a week later, Yukari hadn't forgiven himself since. When he woke up and Curufin barely moved when he saw him alive again. When Curufin fell apart.
And Yukari only added on to Curufin's burden with that call.
Yukari can feel the tears burning his eyes.]
I was so cruel, and he still carries it with him. [Yet he forgives me.] I'm a monster, a beast. [Yet he still calls me kind.] It's my fault... [And I'm so sorry.]
I do not have it within me to blame you for that selfishness. Anyone would have acted so in your position!
(Losing an eye is no small matter! Celebrimbor sounds shaken and confused.)
Death? What was this solution? (...his Atar had suffered in silence, then? Never saying a word? He feels something cold gripping his heart.)
He hasn't said anything. (And that pain is enough to distract him from Yukari's woe. But not for long. Giving his head a shake, he refocuses. He is not a child anymore.)
I am not the one who should absolve you. If my father is hurting, you are the only one who can soothe his pain. Do so and then I will not hold a grudge against you.
According to Seto-chan, death would regenerate my eye, and I followed that whim in the hopes of doing so. I succeeded, but... there were so many things I could have done differently.
[So Curufin hadn't told anyone else, then...
Yukari's breath freezes for a moment at that information. A swell of confusion and guilt.]
I don't know how to soothe him. He refuses to blame me. I don't know how to take away that pain, and I wish I could. I wish I could take it back and done everything the right way.
[A pause as he fights back the tears that Celebrimbor can't see.
And then, desperately:] If there's a way to do that, then tell me!
I don't want him to hurt for my foolishness. How can I fix this? How can I take away that pain?
Voice
[Did Curufin even tell Celebrimbor-chan that my eye had been repaired? Yukari didn't think to tell him at all.]
Someone offered me a solution a few months ago, through death. And before I went to battle with him, I called Curufin and told him I was going to die, and to wait for me in Hope-chan's Temple. It was such short notice, and I didn't give his feelings any consideration.
[And when Curufin recalled the pain he still carried a week later, Yukari hadn't forgiven himself since. When he woke up and Curufin barely moved when he saw him alive again. When Curufin fell apart.
And Yukari only added on to Curufin's burden with that call.
Yukari can feel the tears burning his eyes.]
I was so cruel, and he still carries it with him. [Yet he forgives me.] I'm a monster, a beast. [Yet he still calls me kind.] It's my fault... [And I'm so sorry.]
Voice
(Losing an eye is no small matter! Celebrimbor sounds shaken and confused.)
Death? What was this solution? (...his Atar had suffered in silence, then? Never saying a word? He feels something cold gripping his heart.)
He hasn't said anything. (And that pain is enough to distract him from Yukari's woe. But not for long. Giving his head a shake, he refocuses. He is not a child anymore.)
I am not the one who should absolve you. If my father is hurting, you are the only one who can soothe his pain. Do so and then I will not hold a grudge against you.
Voice
[So Curufin hadn't told anyone else, then...
Yukari's breath freezes for a moment at that information. A swell of confusion and guilt.]
I don't know how to soothe him. He refuses to blame me. I don't know how to take away that pain, and I wish I could. I wish I could take it back and done everything the right way.
[A pause as he fights back the tears that Celebrimbor can't see.
And then, desperately:] If there's a way to do that, then tell me!
I don't want him to hurt for my foolishness. How can I fix this? How can I take away that pain?