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really does hit the moment that both the bloodthirsty king of vampires and the warmonger nachzehrer king are utterly baffled by the sorrow they feel the moment theresa dies
because that's really the only reason why the sarkaz, why theresis, are declaring this endless war on the world starting with victoria: it's pride, it's suffering, it's anger, it's revenge.
it was cruel of theresa to ask them to forgive and forget, yes. the suffering of the sarkaz is not something that could have been fixed within a single lifetime, the wounds ran too deep. no matter how much they wish they could have believed in theresa, the suffering of the sarkaz would not just vanish no matter how much she did. the core issue between the sarkaz and the rest of terra lies in their ancient grudge, the thousands of years of entrenched bitterness and loss that the sarkaz suffered and still suffer to this day. they have no home, not even kazdel, because the only thing kazdel really is at this point is the reminder that they once did have a home, have dignity as the teekaz rather than just "the sarkaz, the devils".
but even then, theresa was simply born ahead of her time. they were not ready for her future, and they all know this. babel was a dream that theresa tried her damnedest to accomplish, but they were too bitter to accept it. no matter how much they wanted to believe in it, the royal sarkaz court, scareye, the countless sarkaz we see through Babel, none of them could ever see true unity.
it's a unity that neither theresis nor pre-amnesia doctor could conceive.
theresis and doctor have their own roles to play, and their own promises to keep: the sword of kazdel that will revitalize their past glory and strike down all who oppose them, the last survivor of an alien race dedicated to completing the ancient project of a world long past to ensure its future, they are unable to accept another way.
"I can't accept your beautiful and fleeting dream, theresa. not after all the sacrifce."
they were not strong enough to believe in her. no matter how much they loved her, how much they wish they could have seen her dream come true, they simply couldn't.
it was always going to end on that bloodstained floor. they were always going to sleep, and dream that things could have been different. that one could have let go of their past, be it the long held suffering and revenge or the guilt of duty as the last survivor.
we will always be equal. i will always hold your beautiful dream in my heart.
you have to keep going, even if I am not here anymore. you're free now.
#zerav meta#arknights#thinks about babel a little too hard snd whoops tears appearing#ITS JUST. THERESIS AND DOCTOR HAD TOO MUCH GUILT. TOO MUCH DUTY. THEY WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO BELIEVE IN THERESA#DOCTOR DOES NOT WANT TO SEE ANY SUFFERING. REDUCED TO A MACINE OF WAR BUT EVEN THEN CRIES AT WHAT THEYVE DONE#THERESIS BEGGING THE ASSASSINS SENT AFTER HIM TO KILL HIM. HIS ONLY SISTER IN THE WORLD HAS DIED BECAUSE HE WAS TOO WEAK TO BELIEVE IN HER#THERESA WAS EVERYTHING TO THEM. EVERYTHING TO THE SARKAZ TO KAZDEL TO BABEL. AND IT KILLED HER.#this suffering was never avoidable. maybe in a kinder world they would have been able to rally together. but they couldnt#the suffering that originum wrought is a curse upon terra. it's what the doctor has to cure. because theresa freed them...
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