W-well... they started attacking us, and then we remembered what this spirit we'd talked to in another time had said — that the only cure for that kind of corruption was... something that would be left behind when you destroyed a spirit. So... I told him I'd tell him how he could save them while Cloud kept fighting them off.
[ he's tearing up again now, and sets the spoon back down so he can wipe his eyes. ]
And I told him what they told us. That if he wanted to save them, he had to die... and if he didn't, then he'd have to live with that.
[ he hugs her back tight... probably getting tears and snot on her clothes, which he'll have to apologize for later. ]
He was scared and he didn't want to do it, but he agreed to. And... there wasn't any time, and Cloud was still fighting both of them... a-and I had a knife, so...
[augh. this breaks her heart. she pulls him close and hugs him tightly, petting his hair. she doesn't seem to mind if he snots on her clothes, she's had worse.]
I know, b-but still... When they finally snapped out of it they asked where he was, and I just... a-and his cat had to see it happen, and then it hated me...
[she says, softer.] It's okay to feel like it happened, and to feel the effects of it - it's hard. But in the end you have to remember this is just something that was pulled out of someone's head to fuck with you.
How do I know it really wasn't, though?? I mean— I know some of it wasn't, 'cause my memories were all mixed up with someone else's, but... I still had his blood on me...
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[ he's tearing up again now, and sets the spoon back down so he can wipe his eyes. ]
And I told him what they told us. That if he wanted to save them, he had to die... and if he didn't, then he'd have to live with that.
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she comes around the table to sit next to him and hug him? she can't help it, tears make her sad even if the person crying does it all the time.]
... I'm sorry.
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He was scared and he didn't want to do it, but he agreed to. And... there wasn't any time, and Cloud was still fighting both of them... a-and I had a knife, so...
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[augh. this breaks her heart. she pulls him close and hugs him tightly, petting his hair. she doesn't seem to mind if he snots on her clothes, she's had worse.]
Shhh. You did what you had to.
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[she says, softer.] It's okay to feel like it happened, and to feel the effects of it - it's hard. But in the end you have to remember this is just something that was pulled out of someone's head to fuck with you.
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