[By this time, everyone knows what happened in the cave. Broad strokes, for the most part, but also a few very important details. Relevant here: who struck the killing blow on Casariel.]
[Killing, like many things, gets easier with practice. Killing, like many things, is incredibly goddamn difficult the first time around. Killing, like very few things, will tear a hole in your soul if you're not prepared for the ramifications.]
[From what Wash knows, Phoenix is a lot of things. He's pretty sure killer isn't on that list.]
[So he goes looking for Phoenix, and after a while, he finds him, looking up at...the sky? The clock? And back down at...the ground, or himself. He's processing. Judging from the look on his face, he's also completely shell-shocked.]
[That's...honestly not a surprise.]
[Wash stands next to him and gives the silence a few more moments to settle before speaking.]
Ballad
[Killing, like many things, gets easier with practice. Killing, like many things, is incredibly goddamn difficult the first time around. Killing, like very few things, will tear a hole in your soul if you're not prepared for the ramifications.]
[From what Wash knows, Phoenix is a lot of things. He's pretty sure killer isn't on that list.]
[So he goes looking for Phoenix, and after a while, he finds him, looking up at...the sky? The clock? And back down at...the ground, or himself. He's processing. Judging from the look on his face, he's also completely shell-shocked.]
[That's...honestly not a surprise.]
[Wash stands next to him and gives the silence a few more moments to settle before speaking.]
Thank you.