I feel as though I am constantly repeating myself.... I'm always okay, you know.
[he'd said that to yona during trial, and he feels that way now. the urge to insist that he's fine, because he has to remain steady for others. especially after so many fingers were pointed in his direction and he's certain that there would be guilt related to that as well -
he is used to carrying that burden.
but he supposes - so is jeanne.
so he pauses for a moment before he lets his head bow closer to hers, voice soft]
[ Because they must be, because that is how they should be, because that is what they've taken upon themselves. With their choices and the responsibilities they shoulder, they cannot falter.
They are used to holding their own burdens, as well as others, and so it means that much more when he admits it.
Her fingers clutch at cloth for half a second before she lets go, and she smiles. It's not quite a smile from the heart; it can't be there yet, so soon after the majority voted for someone innocent, for someone they could have saved, but he is right. ]
We will both be okay. Whatever happens tomorrow and after, we will be okay. For what we're working for, for what we want to save, we will be okay.
It's how we are.
[ For whatever sins they have to bear, they will continue until they can no longer. ]
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It's weird, how she doesn't feel weak now, but she also doesn't feel right. ]
Duty is what I know and what I'm bound by.
[ She has never been led astray there. She has never walked a path she regretted for duty. ]
And I won't push myself too much, if you don't.
[ They are too much alike in some ways for her not to know of his hypocrisy. ]
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I feel as though I am constantly repeating myself.... I'm always okay, you know.
[he'd said that to yona during trial, and he feels that way now. the urge to insist that he's fine, because he has to remain steady for others. especially after so many fingers were pointed in his direction and he's certain that there would be guilt related to that as well -
he is used to carrying that burden.
but he supposes - so is jeanne.
so he pauses for a moment before he lets his head bow closer to hers, voice soft]
.... perhaps a bit hurt in this moment.
However, we will both be okay.
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They are used to holding their own burdens, as well as others, and so it means that much more when he admits it.
Her fingers clutch at cloth for half a second before she lets go, and she smiles. It's not quite a smile from the heart; it can't be there yet, so soon after the majority voted for someone innocent, for someone they could have saved, but he is right. ]
We will both be okay. Whatever happens tomorrow and after, we will be okay. For what we're working for, for what we want to save, we will be okay.
It's how we are.
[ For whatever sins they have to bear, they will continue until they can no longer. ]