[No, just to help her wipe her muggle boyfriend's mind, apparently.
Victor isn't entirely comfortable with where this is leading partly because there's weight to this he doesn't know how to grapple with, and the tense line of his lips makes that clear. Has he ever wanted someone to take away someone's pain? Physically, yes. His own, certainly.
But Katerina and Aleksander had come together for a reason. Stayed together for a reason. Love, maybe... or maybe not, it's none of his business. But they seem happier together than apart, that much he's confident of. Is taking away something good--memories of time spent with someone you care about--and replacing it with a cheap substitute alleviating pain or just displacing it elsewhere?]
If I forgot my own pain, I wouldn't have my reason for studying magic.
[He frowns into the middle distance, gaze going distant.]
And you haven't said anything about what he'd want--what if he's happier taking the risk? Aren't you happier like this? Use the potion and you'd both be in pain. He might just not know why, but I think he could still feel it, somewhere. That he's missing something.
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Victor isn't entirely comfortable with where this is leading partly because there's weight to this he doesn't know how to grapple with, and the tense line of his lips makes that clear. Has he ever wanted someone to take away someone's pain? Physically, yes. His own, certainly.
But Katerina and Aleksander had come together for a reason. Stayed together for a reason. Love, maybe... or maybe not, it's none of his business. But they seem happier together than apart, that much he's confident of. Is taking away something good--memories of time spent with someone you care about--and replacing it with a cheap substitute alleviating pain or just displacing it elsewhere?]
If I forgot my own pain, I wouldn't have my reason for studying magic.
[He frowns into the middle distance, gaze going distant.]
And you haven't said anything about what he'd want--what if he's happier taking the risk? Aren't you happier like this? Use the potion and you'd both be in pain. He might just not know why, but I think he could still feel it, somewhere. That he's missing something.