...heh. You're definitely not going to hear me argue about that. [Pocketing the photograph again, he tugged on a small chain around his neck to draw out a small ivory pendant of his own.]
Afraid I'm really just a sentimental bastard, despite everything.
Mm. I'm much the same, I confess. [Said twirling the ring around the chain before letting it against his chest again.]
This ring belongs to my sister. I was grateful to have it returned to me in April. [The less said about that month the better, but present tense in reference to his family was a good sign.]
[Fair enough. Takame didn't mind talking up his baby sister anyway.]
Ah, Hina is... she is kind, passionate... talented. She sees the best in everyone she meets and the world with a wide-eyed hope that the fighting our realm faces will come to an end some day. She is rare among Garlean nobility in that regard. 'Tis rarer that there isn't a smile on her face. I... would not have made the strides I have if it wasn't for her.
[The polar opposite of him in his mind. A good person.]
We aren't related by blood, her father was my former commanding officer, but we are still family. She gave this ring to me before I set out for Eorzea with the promise that I would return it to her when I came home.
[He held a hand over his chest where the ring sat.]
It was... a week prior to my arrival here that I tried to give it back to her. She told me that my journey was not yet over.
...If I had to guess, I'd bet she wanted you to keep it because she knew you had a lot more left to accomplish. So whenever you left, you'd be sure to have a reason to come back.
[Said knowing that along with Hina's ring, he also carried Azem's crystal with him at all times. Knowing how much of the world there was to see.
Not yet realizing how deeply in his heart a wanderlust laid as he who once bore the Traveler's seat. One he could allow to flourish knowing there would ever be a place, a person to call home.]
She has made me so proud. I hope I've done the same for her.
It was worse--a lot worse. The fact that I'm even alive means she already fixed as much as she could while I was unconscious, and I left without telling her what I was even doing exactly.
I didn't-...I don't think she's wrong, I just...I didn't...
[NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO]
I made a mistake and I went about trying to fix it the wrong way. She and the others can call me every flavor of 'idiot' they want to, I know that they'll be right.
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Afraid I'm really just a sentimental bastard, despite everything.
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This ring belongs to my sister. I was grateful to have it returned to me in April. [The less said about that month the better, but present tense in reference to his family was a good sign.]
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[he has done Enough emotional vulnerability for a bit]
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Ah, Hina is... she is kind, passionate... talented. She sees the best in everyone she meets and the world with a wide-eyed hope that the fighting our realm faces will come to an end some day. She is rare among Garlean nobility in that regard. 'Tis rarer that there isn't a smile on her face. I... would not have made the strides I have if it wasn't for her.
[The polar opposite of him in his mind. A good person.]
We aren't related by blood, her father was my former commanding officer, but we are still family. She gave this ring to me before I set out for Eorzea with the promise that I would return it to her when I came home.
[He held a hand over his chest where the ring sat.]
It was... a week prior to my arrival here that I tried to give it back to her. She told me that my journey was not yet over.
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[Said knowing that along with Hina's ring, he also carried Azem's crystal with him at all times. Knowing how much of the world there was to see.
Not yet realizing how deeply in his heart a wanderlust laid as he who once bore the Traveler's seat. One he could allow to flourish knowing there would ever be a place, a person to call home.]
She has made me so proud. I hope I've done the same for her.
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[A pause, then a resigned grimace of Knowing You Fucked Up:]
...Irisviel is definitely going to kill me when I get home.
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[... Welp. As someone who Waver would be glad to have as a brother:]
Well, ah... given the state you returned here in... [That's Takame speak for FUCKING RIPPPPP]
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I'm in unbelievably deep shit.
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[BEHOLD. THE WRATH OF THE SAD PUPPY FACE.]
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[NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO]
I made a mistake and I went about trying to fix it the wrong way. She and the others can call me every flavor of 'idiot' they want to, I know that they'll be right.
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I'm afraid in this circumstance I cannot argue with that. Still, I am grateful you are alive at all. And I've no doubt they are as well.
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I'm lucky Ilya never listens to any of us and sent Berserker to follow me. I'm going to owe a hell of a lot of apologies and gratitude both.