Though he meant to be reassuring, his soft tone plunged the remorse she felt for her actions further into her heart, struggling against the vengeful thoughts that had plagued her every time the topic of the vision had come up. Lips parted, she continues looking at him for a few more moments before turning away and shaking her head so that he wouldn't see the way her lip trembled.
"I know you wouldn't have." At least, he wouldn't have left the girl who was still committed to a just path, the one who had wanted to fight for a solution that did not cost so many lives. Though the many of the details of what they had seen were becoming lost, there was one thing that happened that she remembered quite clearly, perhaps the only one that had brought her any semblance of happiness.
To bring it up now would be almost as good as chaining him down in the melodist's opinion, something she didn't want to do when Ace still had every opportunity to turn away. If by some miracle it were to happen anyway, it wouldn't be because of something that was in that future.
So she closed her eyes, despite knowing he couldn't see her face turned away like this anyway.
"You were the second person to die, Ace." A long pause followed, knowing he would need time to register that fact before she continued, much more softly than before. "We were expecting the fallen to simply return or go into crystal stasis if we weren't fast enough, but that wasn't what happened."
Even if it was just an echo, something she hadn't actually lived through yet, the girl could still remember the fear that overtook her with the last squeeze of his hand in hers, the cold realisation of then undeterred by the warm, fluttering heartbeat of the tiny chick as it spread into her fingers.
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"I know you wouldn't have." At least, he wouldn't have left the girl who was still committed to a just path, the one who had wanted to fight for a solution that did not cost so many lives. Though the many of the details of what they had seen were becoming lost, there was one thing that happened that she remembered quite clearly, perhaps the only one that had brought her any semblance of happiness.
To bring it up now would be almost as good as chaining him down in the melodist's opinion, something she didn't want to do when Ace still had every opportunity to turn away. If by some miracle it were to happen anyway, it wouldn't be because of something that was in that future.
So she closed her eyes, despite knowing he couldn't see her face turned away like this anyway.
"You were the second person to die, Ace." A long pause followed, knowing he would need time to register that fact before she continued, much more softly than before. "We were expecting the fallen to simply return or go into crystal stasis if we weren't fast enough, but that wasn't what happened."
Even if it was just an echo, something she hadn't actually lived through yet, the girl could still remember the fear that overtook her with the last squeeze of his hand in hers, the cold realisation of then undeterred by the warm, fluttering heartbeat of the tiny chick as it spread into her fingers.