For both of us. [She wants to say something to comfort him, anything, but all she has is a story of her own. Still, maybe it'll say that she understands.]
Kefka destroyed the world... He didn't blow it up or anything, but... he as good as did that. By disrupting the Warring Triad, he unleashed power so great it rearranged the continents. I've... only heard about it, but I did see the mess the little island was in.
[She pauses, not moving her hand from his wrist.]
When I woke up, Grandpa told me it was a year later. The world was in ruin and it was Kefka's fault. Grandpa had nursed me back to health... at the expense of his own life. I couldn't save him.
[At this point, she does pull away, looking in the other direction and sitting back in her chair. Even after all these years, it still hurts to admit that she couldn't help someone who had saved her.]
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Date: 2011-05-23 04:54 pm (UTC)Kefka destroyed the world... He didn't blow it up or anything, but... he as good as did that. By disrupting the Warring Triad, he unleashed power so great it rearranged the continents. I've... only heard about it, but I did see the mess the little island was in.
[She pauses, not moving her hand from his wrist.]
When I woke up, Grandpa told me it was a year later. The world was in ruin and it was Kefka's fault. Grandpa had nursed me back to health... at the expense of his own life. I couldn't save him.
[At this point, she does pull away, looking in the other direction and sitting back in her chair. Even after all these years, it still hurts to admit that she couldn't help someone who had saved her.]