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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

[Vague apology is going to be vague, but that's how Kain does these things. He'll leave it public partially as an act of penance, partially because he's still readjusting to these devices and their filters. He isn't even sure that all of these people are here- he's been gone from Gaia for only a couple weeks, but to him it feels much, much longer. Don't worry Zidane, when he realizes you're not here, he'll bother you when you arrive.]

Cecil. Squall. Onion Knight. Bartz. Firion. Zidane. I apologize to all of you, especially.

I should also extend that apology to the other warriors of Cosmos as well.

I'm... sorry.

[He's still recovering, but he can't finish this without offering:]

...and if anyone has need for another fighter, I can be there at once.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Terra? What is it?

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[heavenslament.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I can't say I agree with everything you did, but...you saved us, didn't you?

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

[Nor does he expect agreement with what he did. He actually expected everyone to take it a lot worse than they have so far. And is so unsure of how to deal with this, he's so used to doing the wrong thing that doing the right thing is a new experience for him.]

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I don't deserve the credit...

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[heavenslament.livejournal.com]

Yes, you do. If you hadn't done what you did for us...I don't think defeating Chaos would have been possible. We wouldn't even have been around to do it.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

[He hadn't even thought he'd be around to see anyone's reactions... he'd expected, known, that he'd be forgotten, as if he'd never existed.]

I was only doing what I felt was necessary... a risk, but one which I'd hoped would give us a chance. I couldn't sit by idle and not take action.

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[heavenslament.livejournal.com]

Well, it paid off. I only wish we had known during that last battle. It doesn't seem fair that the only connection we had to you were some manikins that resembled no one else.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

I don't see that it would have made any difference for you to remember...

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[heavenslament.livejournal.com]

Do you think so little of yourself and your actions, that you don't believe your sacrifice would have impacted us?

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

[Goes quiet a moment.]

...No... I know what we did was important. I won't devalue its significance, for the sake of the others who fell with me.

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[heavenslament.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

And I'm glad to know of the war's ultimate outcome.