A way to make thousands of people see something at the same time? It takes a few moments for Beleth to truly wrap her head around the idea. She's seen plays and operas, of course, but it didn't sound like they'd dumped Finnick onto a stage to die. Some sort of magic projection? Or linked spirits, maybe, revealing the memories of the Fade--
A powerful piece of magic, however it happened, and Beleth never had a head for such things. Finnick had explained the effects, she could ask for details when the subject wasn't so grim. "They made people watch you die--No. People wanted to watch you die? For...fun?" Even Beleth's normally calm face can't help but express nothing short of horror at the idea.
She had thought that she had seen deplorable behavior before, but the idea of taking pleasure at the death of a good man, of a kind man, who had thus far shown Beleth nothing but gentle compassion--The idea twisted in her stomach like rotten food, vile and unwanted. "Monsters." She hisses through her teeth.
And then the reveal of his wife's pregnancy--it catches her off guard. The idea of the man in front of her as a father, that a child would never know? "Oh, Finnick. I'm so sorry." And then she makes a snap decision, and steps forward, to pull him into a hug. That such a kind soul had been put through so much, to die for the entertainment of others--disgusting. Monstrous.
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A powerful piece of magic, however it happened, and Beleth never had a head for such things. Finnick had explained the effects, she could ask for details when the subject wasn't so grim. "They made people watch you die--No. People wanted to watch you die? For...fun?" Even Beleth's normally calm face can't help but express nothing short of horror at the idea.
She had thought that she had seen deplorable behavior before, but the idea of taking pleasure at the death of a good man, of a kind man, who had thus far shown Beleth nothing but gentle compassion--The idea twisted in her stomach like rotten food, vile and unwanted. "Monsters." She hisses through her teeth.
And then the reveal of his wife's pregnancy--it catches her off guard. The idea of the man in front of her as a father, that a child would never know? "Oh, Finnick. I'm so sorry." And then she makes a snap decision, and steps forward, to pull him into a hug. That such a kind soul had been put through so much, to die for the entertainment of others--disgusting. Monstrous.