[Envy swallows hard, words sticking in his throat. He's never wanted to lie to Wrath more than in this very moment.]
[Because he knows exactly what the young homunculus is going back to. He knows that he himself is going to contribute just as much pain and cruelty as their master is, and that there's nothing he can do to stop it. He's past that point in the timeline, even if he was able to go back and remember and change things.]
[There's nothing he can say to take the truth away.]
[So he doesn't say anything. Instead, he reaches out and pulls Wrath into a tight hug, something he's never, ever done before, and holds onto him like he's trying to hold him into this world right now.]
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[Because he knows exactly what the young homunculus is going back to. He knows that he himself is going to contribute just as much pain and cruelty as their master is, and that there's nothing he can do to stop it. He's past that point in the timeline, even if he was able to go back and remember and change things.]
[There's nothing he can say to take the truth away.]
[So he doesn't say anything. Instead, he reaches out and pulls Wrath into a tight hug, something he's never, ever done before, and holds onto him like he's trying to hold him into this world right now.]