"You took the easy way out." Zelda whispered, and there was a malice in her voice he'd never heard before. "I could sense darkness in him. It was taking him over. Why didn't you save his soul from its grasp?" She collapsed. God, how far had Ramza fallen that his actions caused a Goddess to fall like that?
Ashelia went to nurse the fallen woman, but she looked up and her cool words chilled Ramza. It is done. He is beyond salvation now. We must rest and regroup, but not for long. You'll get Alma killed next if we tarry."
MarKus hung back, obviously too disgusted by Ramza's actions to even speak to him. The blond could read the accusations in his stiff stance, though. MarKus did not wish to be in the same room as a kinslayer, he who had slain his brother rather than save him.
When Kidd came over to him and flashed those hidden blades at him, it was almost a relief. "Come on. It's over. I should end you like you ended him. Or we can wait until you've gotten Alma killed, too, if you'd rather."
Ramza's eyes were wide with unshed tears. He had murdered his brother, perhaps damned him to Hell, and all his friends knew it. If he had done the right thing, they would never have said such things to him.
"I...I have to save Alma..." he choked out. His throat felt raw, and his voice cracked. "I cannot abandon her." He met Kidd's calm gaze with a pleading look. "Please, I just need long enough to...to see her free. Then, whatever punishment you see fit...I will abide by it." That was what Kidd's Brotherhood did, stop those corrupt and sinful individuals who harmed others. It was what he deserved.
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Ashelia went to nurse the fallen woman, but she looked up and her cool words chilled Ramza. It is done. He is beyond salvation now. We must rest and regroup, but not for long. You'll get Alma killed next if we tarry."
MarKus hung back, obviously too disgusted by Ramza's actions to even speak to him. The blond could read the accusations in his stiff stance, though. MarKus did not wish to be in the same room as a kinslayer, he who had slain his brother rather than save him.
When Kidd came over to him and flashed those hidden blades at him, it was almost a relief. "Come on. It's over. I should end you like you ended him. Or we can wait until you've gotten Alma killed, too, if you'd rather."
Ramza's eyes were wide with unshed tears. He had murdered his brother, perhaps damned him to Hell, and all his friends knew it. If he had done the right thing, they would never have said such things to him.
"I...I have to save Alma..." he choked out. His throat felt raw, and his voice cracked. "I cannot abandon her." He met Kidd's calm gaze with a pleading look. "Please, I just need long enough to...to see her free. Then, whatever punishment you see fit...I will abide by it." That was what Kidd's Brotherhood did, stop those corrupt and sinful individuals who harmed others. It was what he deserved.