[Everything made sense about why Merisia viewed the Echo the way she does--no, why she lives the way she does. It was never about not trusting people, or being standoffish, or anything like that. It was always about keeping herself safe. The less people knew about her, the less opportunities they had to hurt her with. Merisia had made that painfully clear in Kor's early interactions with her, but it's only now that he understood just how deep that ran with her.
But it's those barriers he had fought to break down on her. He understood why she was that way. He even respected it to a certain degree. But he had refused to accept her being that way. His stubbornness had been paying off, of course. Here he was now, after all, helping Merisia with the very issue that shaped who she was, is and will be. And help her, he was going to.
Kneeling down, he sets Carbuncle on the ground. He doesn't get up, staying right there next to the familiar.]
This is your decision to make, not mine. Your path to choose. But whatever you decide to do, I'll support and back you up here. [He looks down at Carbuncle and smiles.] ...Merisia.
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But it's those barriers he had fought to break down on her. He understood why she was that way. He even respected it to a certain degree. But he had refused to accept her being that way. His stubbornness had been paying off, of course. Here he was now, after all, helping Merisia with the very issue that shaped who she was, is and will be. And help her, he was going to.
Kneeling down, he sets Carbuncle on the ground. He doesn't get up, staying right there next to the familiar.]
This is your decision to make, not mine. Your path to choose. But whatever you decide to do, I'll support and back you up here. [He looks down at Carbuncle and smiles.] ...Merisia.