[He doesn't respond for a moment, but he couldn't help but feel some comfort by those words. Yet letting go, when there's still so much work to be done...]
What happens if you can't. [There's no arrogance, he just really doesn't know what he would do if those he loves see him like this. After all they'd done for him, and he still relied on it...]
You don't even know me, yet you still offer this... [To say that he's in shock is to understate the fact. While it's true that the King had always been there to do the same back home, he...
He didn't expect someone else to offer it, let alone someone who didn't know him. There has to be a catch, right?] ...Why?
[Rep isn't even paying attention to the SFC at this point; he's been grudgingly patched up by Mami and is now trying desperately to get the appearance of Zexion to go away at the edge of the city, somewhere he thinks no one will come looking for him.
When his efforts routinely fail, and he realizes all he's doing is expending magical power, he starts to get vocal - and angry.]
[It's just too bad that another figure was nearby, hood up to disguise both appearance and scent. However, it doesn't cause him to be blind nor deaf. That scent...
He just stares from the shadows a moment, eyebrow raised.] What isn't working?
[Shock doesn't begin to describe his expression - hood down, he spins to face the voice while going into a defensive pose. However, he stares a bit longer, smells a bit longer, and then his eyes go wide.]
[There's no words just yet, only a few steps as golden eyes linger on the figure before him. Exactly like the Nobody he hates and yet... That longer spell between the two--the silence--it's enough to tell the difference. Disappointment. And here he hoped that at least he would be spared of this.]
I suppose that depends on your definition of "again."
[...Katsu. He's silent for a moment, trying not to give a faint chuckle because he knows just how creepy that laugh of his sounds. There's no way he could pass along those nightmares to anyone.]
I suppose that's the only choice to make, isn't it.
You persist in-spite of it all, do what you can and trust in those you care for to do what they can. If you give into despair, you not only doom yourself but those whom you care for.
Never surrender to it and seek to find that lost hope, trust in your comrades and friends to do the same.
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Then you do whatever it takes to find that hope again. And if you can't, you rely on the people you love to bring you out of the darkness.
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What happens if you can't. [There's no arrogance, he just really doesn't know what he would do if those he loves see him like this. After all they'd done for him, and he still relied on it...]
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And I'm willing to do that.
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He didn't expect someone else to offer it, let alone someone who didn't know him. There has to be a catch, right?] ...Why?
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When his efforts routinely fail, and he realizes all he's doing is expending magical power, he starts to get vocal - and angry.]
Arg... rah! No... NO! WHY ISN'T IT WORKING?!
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He just stares from the shadows a moment, eyebrow raised.] What isn't working?
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... Not again...
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I suppose that depends on your definition of "again."
[Caden...]
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[Katsu's voice is tired, still a bit echo-y because he's not trying to hide it anymore.]
You trust that you can pull yourself out of it - and if you can't, you let others help pull you out of it.
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I suppose that's the only choice to make, isn't it.
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[He might end up eating his words with this, but...]
You can call if you ever need help. I'll do what I can for you.
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You sound like you've got enough on your plate as it is.
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You keep going. Or lie down and die. Your choice.
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[Yet if it was to protect the others... Well, he is protective, but not stupid.]
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Never surrender to it and seek to find that lost hope, trust in your comrades and friends to do the same.
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Can I even face them like this...
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