[It's something Klavier doesn't have an answer for--not right away, at least. His brain mulls over everything that happened, the muggy fog in his brain from dealing with the narrow brush Apollo had with death starting to finally lift. Thoughts aren't as clear as he'd like, but they're much more coherent and cohesive the longer he thinks on them.
Apollo's words spill out in the meantime, all the pent up fear and delayed self-preservation bubbling to the surface. It's justified, too, because Apollo truly hadn't considered his own mortality during all of this, and the act that Klavier had to be the one to point it out to him, that his own rage (as short lived as it was) was what signaled for Apollo to even give his own life some thought...]
Because you survive, Justice. It's in your nature to survive. I don't just mean in life, either. You're...[A small, affectionate laugh.] You're very fortunate to be here, if I'm honest. But I think a lot of it has to do with your tenacity, the way you don't ever let life take you a direction you're not prepared to go on.
It wasn't your time to leave, but you possess an incredible amount of will to go on for others. Just like you show in the courtroom.
You survive. [He repeats, pulling the man closer and resting his chin on his head.] You survive so that Fraulein Woods could as well, and so that Clay could be remembered.
[His eyes close when he feels desperate hands shake him for answers. Unfortunately, all Klavier can even think of giving is comfort. Answers aren't his right to give.]
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Apollo's words spill out in the meantime, all the pent up fear and delayed self-preservation bubbling to the surface. It's justified, too, because Apollo truly hadn't considered his own mortality during all of this, and the act that Klavier had to be the one to point it out to him, that his own rage (as short lived as it was) was what signaled for Apollo to even give his own life some thought...]
Because you survive, Justice. It's in your nature to survive. I don't just mean in life, either. You're...[A small, affectionate laugh.] You're very fortunate to be here, if I'm honest. But I think a lot of it has to do with your tenacity, the way you don't ever let life take you a direction you're not prepared to go on.
It wasn't your time to leave, but you possess an incredible amount of will to go on for others. Just like you show in the courtroom.
You survive. [He repeats, pulling the man closer and resting his chin on his head.] You survive so that Fraulein Woods could as well, and so that Clay could be remembered.
[His eyes close when he feels desperate hands shake him for answers. Unfortunately, all Klavier can even think of giving is comfort. Answers aren't his right to give.]
I'm so sorry, Apollo.