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[ranoutofbugs]

Characters: Lailah. Anyone else.
Where: A park somewhere in Aqures Ixen
When: January 29th
Summary: Lailah teaches herself how to knit.
Warnings: None.


[Lailah is sitting on a bench with an open book trying to teach herself to knit.]

...

[It isn't pretty.]

Tch.

[For a distraction from the upcoming end of the world, this was a bad one.]

Comments

[dammit_flynn]

I--well you don't really need an equipped job for this you know?

[ He stared at her a bit confused by her reaction. She started laughing so he was okay with it until she started crying. ]

--H-Hey Lailah!

[ Yuri almost dropped the item as he reached over to check on her. Why was she crying!? He didn't say anything mean to her though! ]

What happened, hey...!

[ranoutofbugs]

[Wiping away her tears and taking deep breaths, Lailah tried to calm herself down. She was usually as tough as nails, but when things overflowed like this, it was like trying to use a piece of gum to plug a hole in a shattered dam.]

It's not your fault.

[Breathing in and out once again, she managed to be able to talk, though she still kept wiping away her tears with her sleeve.]

It's just... well, I don't think you want to be bothered listening to an old lady, do you?

[She tried laughing it off.]

It's not you. It's me.

[dammit_flynn]

[ It was really strange to see Lailah cry. That was for sure. For as long as he knew the young woman, she was always so headstrong and indifferent. When things didn't go her way or things she didn't want to talk about happened, she'd divert the topic. Right now, though. She was not. ]

You sure?

[ He offered her a tissue he kept on himself for other occasions. as she was wiping her eyes with her sleeve. ]

Old Lady? Well I wouldn't call you that and hey if you got something to say, I'd rather you say it. Keeping that stuff in isn't good for your heath.

[ He chuckled. ]

C'mon Lailah, tell me what's up?

[ranoutofbugs]

I'm sorry.

[She's calmed down now.]

It's just...

Seeing you fix my mistakes so easily, it just made me think that even on things that seem so simple, I overthink things... or just can't do them right. If there had been another Lady of the Lake, would they have let such horrific things happen right before their very eyes? If another seraph came here to support my friends, would they be better off? If I had waited for Sorey to come instead of making the Shepherd's pact with Sir Chrom, would that have worked out better...?

I just don't know.

[She looks at the scrap of yarn in her hands.]

It's made to look so easy, yet... I can't even do something like this.

[dammit_flynn]

No you don't have to apologize.

[ He replied briefly, rubbing the back of his neck. People crying-- he never knew what to do with them at all. He felt pretty confused on the matter. ]

Wait-- hold on, back it up Lailah.

[ Yuri raised a hand when she started rambling on. ]

First off I'm not as good as you think I am. I've got plenty of skeletons in my closet. Who doesn't? I'm not really understanding this whole "Lady of the Lake," thing or the "Shepherd's Pact," or whatever, but I'm pretty sure your friends or allies will tell you that you are definitely overthinking this.

Whether you're human or not, you're allowed to make mistakes. No one's perfect and who doesn't mess up?

[ He shook his head a little. ]

I'm only good at this stuff because all I got is me-- growing up. Sure there were a few adults giving me a hand here and there but it was just me. It's kind of one of those situations where I had to know whether I wanted to or not.

[ Honestly, he didn't know why he was telling all of this to Lailah so casually. He hardly talked to his friends about this other than like Rukia or Flynn. ]