#knifewar

luther knows that he should care,  that he should be fighting to save the world like they have been trained to do all their lives  ---  but he’s tired of it.  he’s tired of feeling like that weight is entirely on their shoulders.  he used to believe that it was their destiny,  that they were born to save the world and it was an honor to work towards that goal alone.  but now,  after all that’s happened,  after all the ways he failed to save it or to help his family,  he’s not sure he’s up for the job anymore.  and that’s a discovery he should have made long ago,  when the others were finally ready to leave home and figure out who they were beyond the academy.  luther should have taken that chance;  he should have saw then that he needed an exit too.  

is it too late for him now?  it is if he gets stuck in that same mindset again,  believing that it’s up to him to help save the world.  he barely got out of that mindset alive before  ----  he barely got everyone else out of it,  too.  what happens if he hurts someone again?

❝  apparently,  it is.  ❞   his tone is mocking,  directed back at five,  who isn’t even with them  ---  even though five doesn’t deserve that.  there’s nothing luther wants more than to help his family,  but his fear holds him back from doing the thing they need most.  he’s not the leader he was supposed to be,  he’s not the right hero to stop the apocalypse yet again.  if the world is ending again,  maybe the way to stop it is to keep luther away from damaging it more.