That actually explains a lot. And that... That is actually sad.
You've gone and buried the kind person you were, didn't you?
It's frustrating, but he can understand that too. It's just sad, because like with Alma, once so kind and gentle, who became so lost in his rage and despair he would tear the world he once loved apart... he wasn't someone Allen could save. The person he loved—only that person could save him and Allen would believe in that to this day.
Does that mean she would be the only one who could save Slaine from that ugly sort of grief?
It's depressing. "Gloomy" indeed. And yet...
And yet he lifts his chin a little then and speaks softly. ]
..Then why don't you believe in this one?
[ It's quiet. Like perhaps... maybe he just realized that for himself, too. ]
Even if everything was that bleak.. it doesn't have to be anymore. [ Nea, in stasis, no longer in his body causing the entire war to upset and endanger everyone he knew. No world about to collapse in holy war. No world in which he was the traitor who might bring about the end of it all no matter how hard he fought that fate.
...no more akuma.
It makes him feel lost and adrift, frighteningly close to panicking and breaking down just because he is no one if not defined by his purpose, all of which is tied up in those, and yet... ]
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That actually explains a lot. And that... That is actually sad.
You've gone and buried the kind person you were, didn't you?
It's frustrating, but he can understand that too. It's just sad, because like with Alma, once so kind and gentle, who became so lost in his rage and despair he would tear the world he once loved apart... he wasn't someone Allen could save. The person he loved—only that person could save him and Allen would believe in that to this day.
Does that mean she would be the only one who could save Slaine from that ugly sort of grief?
It's depressing. "Gloomy" indeed. And yet...
And yet he lifts his chin a little then and speaks softly. ]
..Then why don't you believe in this one?
[ It's quiet. Like perhaps... maybe he just realized that for himself, too. ]
Even if everything was that bleak.. it doesn't have to be anymore. [ Nea, in stasis, no longer in his body causing the entire war to upset and endanger everyone he knew. No world about to collapse in holy war. No world in which he was the traitor who might bring about the end of it all no matter how hard he fought that fate.
...no more akuma.
It makes him feel lost and adrift, frighteningly close to panicking and breaking down just because he is no one if not defined by his purpose, all of which is tied up in those, and yet... ]
Maybe we can make it better this time.