[Percy takes it as a win when Caleb doesn't make an excuse to leave, or immediately try to talk him out of this. He knows it's crazy, to want to make something even more dangerous than before.
But desperate times call for desperate measures, apparently.[
Very. That may be the point.
[The List might be destroyed, Orthax might not technically have a hold on him anymore, but he feels like there's still a cloud around his heart, like a hand is still clenched around him, pulling the strings. Or maybe the darkness had been within him all along and Orthax merely gave him a push.]
absolutely no problem, i hope everything is okay!
But desperate times call for desperate measures, apparently.[
Very. That may be the point.
[The List might be destroyed, Orthax might not technically have a hold on him anymore, but he feels like there's still a cloud around his heart, like a hand is still clenched around him, pulling the strings. Or maybe the darkness had been within him all along and Orthax merely gave him a push.]