The Shadow focused intently on Johnny and Mirai as they spoke, eyes wide and full as he waited and watched for any cord of hope he could grasp from the depths of his despair.
"Perhaps...perhaps, I could do as you say, fight for the goodness within the pigswill of this world...but what after? If there is no reward or punishment for the actions of a life...how can you live with that injustice?"
Ramza bowed his head, but no longer in defeat. Even these Heroes that did not know him well had come to aid him, and they were stronger and wiser than he had given them credit for. "Faith, my Reflection. We learned of it in church. We must choose to believe, in spite of doubt and the absence of certainty, that there will be something more."
He lifted his head to look around at those gathered here with him. He did not need them to find him all the answers. Faith was a lifelong journey. But Ramza now at least had a start, a purpose that he and the most pessimistic part of himself could agree on.
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"Perhaps...perhaps, I could do as you say, fight for the goodness within the pigswill of this world...but what after? If there is no reward or punishment for the actions of a life...how can you live with that injustice?"
Ramza bowed his head, but no longer in defeat. Even these Heroes that did not know him well had come to aid him, and they were stronger and wiser than he had given them credit for. "Faith, my Reflection. We learned of it in church. We must choose to believe, in spite of doubt and the absence of certainty, that there will be something more."
He lifted his head to look around at those gathered here with him. He did not need them to find him all the answers. Faith was a lifelong journey. But Ramza now at least had a start, a purpose that he and the most pessimistic part of himself could agree on.