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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

...futile.

[Kain glares harshly into the screen.]

What use were our actions in the cycles of war, if that threat was destined to be reborn again? Will defeating Chaos now make any difference? Was it all in vain?

[Angry dragoon sounds especially angry by the end of that. Then his tone shifts to be much lighter by the time he switches it to a private transmission.]

[Private; Reis]

...I would see you, as soon as you're willing.

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[for-cosmos.livejournal.com]

[If there's anything else that can inspire confidence in the warrior, it seems, it's hearing the same doubts that had been plaguing him echoed by someone else.]

No. We will put and end to this- we must. We cannot stand by as Garland- Chaos- continues this destruction.

There must be a way, even if hope seems lost.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Yet how? How can we ensure that he's permanently gone?

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[for-cosmos.livejournal.com]

Through defeating the fiends, and stopping his spells. Matoya told us of what we could do, and I trust her words.

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[knighted-lion.livejournal.com]

We defeated Chaos once before. We can do it again.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Defeat him again, only for him to rise up once more?

[voice]

[knighted-lion.livejournal.com]

What if he doesn't come back?

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[trinitycrusades.livejournal.com]

It's only futile if we believe it to be so. The option is to lay down our weapons, and allow Chaos to destroy all we've fought for... or to keep fighting. For everyone's sakes, not just our own.

We've come too far to give up now, Kain.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

I've said nothing about ceasing the battle. I only question whether any victory we might achieve... is even a true victory at all.

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[trinitycrusades.livejournal.com]

Yet what other choice do we but to continue to try? However long it takes, there will be a way. We've merely yet to find it.

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[dragoncursed.livejournal.com]

[Reis appears positively elated (and maybe just a little bit relieved) to see Kain again.]

You are returned?

[Thrilled as she is, the rest of the message concerns her. However, that can wait until they can speak in person.]

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

I am.

I'm- I've... I've missed you.

[It takes Kain a while to get that much out, he's still not very used to openly expressing how he feels.]

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[dragoncursed.livejournal.com]

And I you.

[It's terribly endearing of him, in her mind.]

When shall you be in Troia? Or shall I come to where you are?

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[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

Yet how can we chance doing nothing.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

I said no word about doing nothing, that's a fools' path if ever there were one.

Yet I question if any victory will only be a false hope, with the threat waiting to be reborn, the cycle begun again...

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[heavenslament.livejournal.com]

[Terra stares at him in sympathy, but she shakes her head.]

The others are right. We have to keep fighting. Letting Garland -Chaos- continue to threaten everything we hold dear isn't an option.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

I know that we must fight, I've never questioned that for a moment.

[If he sounds snappish, it's because he very much is by this point, he didn't ever mean to suggest they lie down and forget the battle at hand.]

Yet if and when we destroy him, what's stopping this cycle from beginning again? What's stopping him from returning yet again?

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[heavenslament.livejournal.com]

[She winces at the snappish tone, but has a ready answer.]

The myrrh. Our plan hasn't changed. Once we have enough gathered, we can change his plan and stop the cycle.

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[captain-rusty.livejournal.com]

Do not say that! If you give up, then the enemy has surely won!

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

There's no 'giving up' involved, I only question whether there will ever be an end to the cycle.

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[captain-rusty.livejournal.com]

Ending the cycle must be our aim! We must believe that we can succeed.

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[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

Kain... We have to make sure that it's not in vain. Now that we know what happens... We can figure out a way to stop it, right?

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

I only hope that this time is a true end to this madness.

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[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

Same here. Did you go to fight Garland?

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[pathtowalk.livejournal.com]

To make a difference, we have to believe in our ability to secure such a thing. To let doubt cloud an aim... we will find it harder to succeed. And we must succeed.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Nor can we let our guard down. We've a very long way before the battle can be won.