[ BABY. well, thankfully, because it's affection week, it stays - a steady hand, thin but strong.
it was a foolish promise - but the hopeful promise of a child, nonetheless. standing here with hanako, he thinks about mika's protective charm, about the conversation they had in the jail, all those weeks ago. he thinks of an earnest, bright eyed godsblade - i will protect you, temenos!
... ]
No. [ a little softer. ] That is a wish that we've very little control over, in nearly all contexts. For as much as we can control our own actions, we cannot control the ones of the people around us; particularly in a place such as this.
I ask you this. How do you think Mika would want you to move forward?
[ look, he doesn't know!! how is he supposed to know what Mika wants, who wouldn't even lie to save her own skin, when he and Ryuki were all but begging her to.
All he can do is keep on going. He can't do much about everybody else, but he can control his own actions— and even if there's only the slimmest of chances, even if he has to go through hell and back to do so— he can change a person's fate. ]
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...Mika.
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...I miss her too. [ quietly. ]
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I told her I would save her. I told her she would live. I—-
[ ...
it was stupid. irresponsible. meaningless. but he had thought for sure he could make it happen. ]
...I can no longer grant that wish.
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it was a foolish promise - but the hopeful promise of a child, nonetheless. standing here with hanako, he thinks about mika's protective charm, about the conversation they had in the jail, all those weeks ago. he thinks of an earnest, bright eyed godsblade - i will protect you, temenos!
... ]
No. [ a little softer. ] That is a wish that we've very little control over, in nearly all contexts. For as much as we can control our own actions, we cannot control the ones of the people around us; particularly in a place such as this.
I ask you this. How do you think Mika would want you to move forward?
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[ look, he doesn't know!! how is he supposed to know what Mika wants, who wouldn't even lie to save her own skin, when he and Ryuki were all but begging her to.
All he can do is keep on going. He can't do much about everybody else, but he can control his own actions— and even if there's only the slimmest of chances, even if he has to go through hell and back to do so— he can change a person's fate. ]