There is an unpleasant jolt of surprise when he reads the message, and from there it settles into... a particularly weary unease. Honesty does not come easily to Ozpin. Speaking openly about himself only ever complicates a situation, and he is used to resorting to it only under particularly fraught circumstances. It always means that something has gone wrong.
He does not begrudge Qrow for whatever amount of the story he shared: it was undoubtedly kind of him to warn Stanford that Oz may not be returning. Oz cannot pretend there was no risk of that. There have been times in his life he would have gone in to that peace fully and gladly.
This is not quite one of them. He has promises to uphold, these days. ]
Qrow understands that I have a rather complicated relationship with death.
But I also have a great deal of unfinished business, as it were.
[ This hangs a moment, and then a stab at levity: ]
cw suicidality and talk of death
There is an unpleasant jolt of surprise when he reads the message, and from there it settles into... a particularly weary unease. Honesty does not come easily to Ozpin. Speaking openly about himself only ever complicates a situation, and he is used to resorting to it only under particularly fraught circumstances. It always means that something has gone wrong.
He does not begrudge Qrow for whatever amount of the story he shared: it was undoubtedly kind of him to warn Stanford that Oz may not be returning. Oz cannot pretend there was no risk of that. There have been times in his life he would have gone in to that peace fully and gladly.
This is not quite one of them. He has promises to uphold, these days. ]
Qrow understands that I have a rather complicated relationship with death.
But I also have a great deal of unfinished business, as it were.
[ This hangs a moment, and then a stab at levity: ]
Rest assured you won't be rid of me that easily.