>>5187161You and gravity have a very daring relationship. For all intents and purposes, you should be dead by now. It actively wants you to fall and be splattered, but your experience in climbing for so long is crucial in defying even the most basic forces of nature.
Like causality, gravity is just a term people use to explain the reason an outside force makes them stay in one direction. Only a few living creatures dare to defy it, and humans were never one of them. Yet here you are, in the tallest heights you've ever climbed. The Wall of Corpses feels like a damn anthill compared to where you're at. You can see so much of the run down world from here... The mixture of natural resources and the evil creatures of the night trying to climb the mountain and failing to reach you. It's all prophetic, in it's own way, a perfect reflection on humanity's collective mental state.
The world as it is now... It's not beautiful, but it's not broken beyond repair. It simply is, not caring about who lives in it, so long as the struggle remains absolute.
You never stopped climbing up, literally or metaphorically, it just gets harder to focus on your progress with the lack of air. The starting grounds only seem smaller and harder to make out as you approach your peak, and wether or not you can reach the summit, will be down to outside help, your drive to improve, and a little bit of your own ego...
"So long, cruel world..." You throw Puck upwards as he starts losing his energy, making a perfect throw on the rock where he landed safely next to Hyde, who didn't even feel him landing in his clothes.
The giant spider does not attack, merely staying inside and watching your progress. She's either mesmerized by what you can do, or simply waiting for you to fall now that you lost your fuel. You can feel the poison starting to take effect again, and just when Hyde offers his hand, you fall once more. That's how your story always seems to go, up and down, sometimes you go further up, but then you go further down again. You wonder on which side of the mountain you will finally rest on... The eternal back and forth will come to an end one day...
"Not now."
"I've let too many powerful comrades die in this war of mine. I'll make sure you are one of the last ones to go." Guts, being the taller man and having the bigger reach, quickly pulls you up with his human arm and lets you safely rest as you lose the feeling in your arms once more.
After doing many wrongs, the swordsman corrects himself by shifting his priorities. The enemies only wanted to go after him, but for once, he stopped unleashing his anger to save a friend in need. A commendable change that you hope he can keep following up on. Despite being hunted by aposteles and potentially turning into one later down the line, he saved you because deep down, he still is human.
