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Feb. 8th, 2011 03:44 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
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[...Damnit. Damn it all. This was exactly what Cid wanted to avoid, exactly what shouldn't have ever happened. Everything had been going smoothly until now, and although he knew that it was inevitable, he was hoping that he could delay it for as long as possible. Apparently, as long as possible wasn't more than just a few weeks.
Cid paces in his room, trying to figure out how to word it this time, trying to figure out how to explain in a way that Rygdea wouldn't hate him this time around.]
Cid paces in his room, trying to figure out how to word it this time, trying to figure out how to explain in a way that Rygdea wouldn't hate him this time around.]
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Date: 2011-02-08 08:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 08:48 pm (UTC)[He's been expecting him, so the door is open. Some way, any way...]
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:00 pm (UTC)Explain.
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:02 pm (UTC)Fang and the others were l'Cie. You did not know their actual Focus. It wasn't to save Cocoon. It was to destroy it. I... I decided that I did not want to let this happen. My only choice, I believed, was to defeat them so that they would not complete their Focus. The entire time, they were being manipulated.
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 09:14 pm (UTC)[He knew what Rygdea was going to ask next: How did he know?]
Their manipulator was the fal'Cie Barthandelus, better known as Primarch Galenth Dysley. I became privy to this information.
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 09:36 pm (UTC)All he can hope is that he'll get a different reaction. If that's not the case, well, then...
There's a long pause before Cid slips off his right glove, unwrapping the bandages there so that his brand shows.]
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:41 pm (UTC)An' whose bitch are you? Dysley's, as well?
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 09:50 pm (UTC)That's why you tried to kill Fang an' the others, to stop them from destroyin' Cocoon?
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Date: 2011-02-08 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 10:00 pm (UTC)[He scrubs a hand over his face, not sure he understands it all, but no longer flaming angry. Living in Cocoon, you learn fast that fal'Cie have a way of twisting you.]
I don't...I don't get it all, an' I still think that tryin' to kill them was a scummy thing to do, especially after we told Fang we weren't the enemy. But you did it to save Cocoon, right?
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Date: 2011-02-08 10:18 pm (UTC)[He wasn't going to say this, but the words are coming out anyway. Cid is too desperate to get things off of his chest.]
Supposedly, in our future, Barthandelus revives me and forces me to be Primarch in order to lure the Cavalry into Eden. It worked. ...you killed me.
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Date: 2011-02-08 10:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 10:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 10:32 pm (UTC)But..why?! Why would I do that?
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Date: 2011-02-08 10:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 10:40 pm (UTC)[He gives a violent little headshake, lost for words. Kill Cid? It doesn't fit inside his head. It's simply not possible.]
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Date: 2011-02-08 10:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 11:00 pm (UTC)I don't think I could. Even then. Even if...
[He sighs]
But then, I guess..you never know. Shit, Cid. How long have you been sittin' on this?
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Date: 2011-02-08 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 11:23 pm (UTC)Well, shit. Now I'm startin' to think that I've got an identical twin wanderin' around. [More seriously, he adds:] I don't agree with what you did, I don't even fully get it. But hating you? You're my boss, and..a friend, as well. Even if I don't understand why you did somethin', I respect you enough to guess that you have yor reasons.
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Date: 2011-02-08 11:31 pm (UTC)[He puts a hand on Rygdea's shoulder.]
You have been at my side for years. You kept me grounded, and you are my sole link to humanity. I cannot let you hate me.
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Date: 2011-02-08 11:37 pm (UTC)I don't hate you, Cid. Wish you'd told me sooner, wish you'd trusted me enough, but...if this other me's been goin' around doin' all this shit, I can see why you'd think twice.
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Date: 2011-02-08 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 11:45 pm (UTC)You're right. That does sound overly sappy. But I appreciate it.
[He doesn't say how much he depends on Cid, on his guidance and leadership, as well as his friendship. He figures that should be a given by now.]
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Date: 2011-02-08 11:47 pm (UTC)...will you forgive me?
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Date: 2011-02-08 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-02-08 11:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-08 11:58 pm (UTC)[Hesitantly, his hand shifts to grasp Rygdea's, giving it a squeeze.]
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Date: 2011-02-09 12:19 am (UTC)I don't doubt that.
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Date: 2011-02-09 12:22 am (UTC)Thank you, Rygdea. It means a lot.
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Date: 2011-02-09 12:26 am (UTC)[He's exaggerating, but only a little.]
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Date: 2011-02-09 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-02-09 01:51 am (UTC)[There's more, of course there's more, but he's not going to say it just yet. Now doesn't feel quite like the right time to be laying all his cards on the table.]
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Date: 2011-02-09 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-09 02:02 am (UTC)No more bottlin' things up, then. If I can handle today's little bombshell, I'm fairly sure I can handle anythin' you have to throw at me, so there's no excuse.
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