[ Power lends one an air of capability, Addam had said. For her, she's always thought that power does not corrupt, but rather reveals. With Addam, with Noctis. Both had their hearts unaffiliated by power. But what good is it, if it cannot protect those they care about, the world?
After all of that, he doesn't say the power ought to be destroyed, the very same one bestowed onto his family as a blessing, but behaves more like a curse for all the suffering it's brought. Instead, he says it should be protected. He can look past the hardships and the weight of being chosen in light of the world. Not only that, but he can express himself still. He can admit that it doesn't feel fair. Yet in delivering this, he has testified to that wisdom she has seen in him before. In this moment, her eyes meet his when he looks back to her. She lowers her head. For a while, she doesn't say anything. It guilts her, of course. "This is better"-- it's no different than him saying that his death is better.
It would be easy to turn this to him, after him saying all that. She's done it so many times before, when he's spoken of himself. Others, too. They tell their stories, and like clockwork she inquires further.
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After all of that, he doesn't say the power ought to be destroyed, the very same one bestowed onto his family as a blessing, but behaves more like a curse for all the suffering it's brought. Instead, he says it should be protected. He can look past the hardships and the weight of being chosen in light of the world. Not only that, but he can express himself still. He can admit that it doesn't feel fair. Yet in delivering this, he has testified to that wisdom she has seen in him before. In this moment, her eyes meet his when he looks back to her. She lowers her head. For a while, she doesn't say anything. It guilts her, of course. "This is better"-- it's no different than him saying that his death is better.
It would be easy to turn this to him, after him saying all that. She's done it so many times before, when he's spoken of himself. Others, too. They tell their stories, and like clockwork she inquires further.
...But she doesn't do that here. ]
Are you saying... you will protect me?