[His hands clench together more tightly, knuckles going stark white; the ring presses into his skin like a branding mark.]
When I go back... I'll be in Altissia, for the trial of Leviathan. Luna's waiting for me there. But- something- I don't know what, something goes wrong, Cor told me she doesn't-
[The last words are choked out, far harder to acknowledge than her disappearance from this place. His hands unclasp only to lift and cover his face instead.]
I won't see her...
[He fails. He fails, and he loses her forever. And he's been trying and trying to think what he could do, how he could prevent it- he's been training and struggling to do better, be better, forced himself to wear the ring and learn magic that might save her. He's too weak, though, too slow. All that power and he's still scared that it isn't enough.
It all comes back to the one thought that keeps haunting him: there couldn't possibly be a future worse than the one without her in it.]
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When I go back... I'll be in Altissia, for the trial of Leviathan. Luna's waiting for me there. But- something- I don't know what, something goes wrong, Cor told me she doesn't-
[The last words are choked out, far harder to acknowledge than her disappearance from this place. His hands unclasp only to lift and cover his face instead.]
I won't see her...
[He fails. He fails, and he loses her forever. And he's been trying and trying to think what he could do, how he could prevent it- he's been training and struggling to do better, be better, forced himself to wear the ring and learn magic that might save her. He's too weak, though, too slow. All that power and he's still scared that it isn't enough.
It all comes back to the one thought that keeps haunting him: there couldn't possibly be a future worse than the one without her in it.]