[ It goes the same for Setsuna; this is why he tends not to use his magical weapon until only opportune moments, the toll of its mana consumption is heavy. While he isn't drained yet, he can feel the immense loss from that single fight and the additional healing. But he doesn't let it show. After all, they're still at the temple's first floor despite all that progress. It's not over.
Setsuna listens in continued muteness, trying to understand both his comrades's words. It's true... Mortality does hurt, but it isn't necessarily entail a bad thing. Because it reminds them to live, it reminds them how precious life really is, and how it can display a person's true strength... That struggle that indeed humbles a person, making them realize the things they never did before. He understands these all too well, as a person who struggled to live on. He observes their expression, Vietnam's, Gilgamesh's... Eventually, he watches the King and the country walk away.
Had these two met him a few years back, Setsuna would never been able to understand why they're feeling like this. Isn't it normal? But... now that he's no longer a human, he's able to step into a world that he never thought he would ever be in; the world beyond humanity — although despite everything, he never wanted to forget. He didn't want to be considered as anything else but human. He was so touched... when the King called him that, even though he knew that it doesn't apply to him anymore. But he wanted to keep on believing, in his heart that he hasn't forgotten. He will never forget what he's been through to reach the point where he is now.
What can he do for these two now, who are both struggling over the concept of humanity? From where he is, he eventually voices out as he watches their distant backs: ]
Your mortality... Even if it should hurt, you still have to face them.
[ But...
Setsuna hurries on his steps forward too, grabbing the handle of his bike as he runs to catch up to the two. He stands in-between them soon enough, glancing at both of them once more; staring with those bright eyes of his. ]
But you do not have to face them alone.
[ This is... something he's learned, too. Because he's always been supported by those around him, he learned. And he wants to extend these feelings to both of them. They'll make it out of here together. It doesn't matter if it's scary or if it'll hurt... They'll return to Caissa without fail. ]
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Setsuna listens in continued muteness, trying to understand both his comrades's words. It's true... Mortality does hurt, but it isn't necessarily entail a bad thing. Because it reminds them to live, it reminds them how precious life really is, and how it can display a person's true strength... That struggle that indeed humbles a person, making them realize the things they never did before. He understands these all too well, as a person who struggled to live on. He observes their expression, Vietnam's, Gilgamesh's... Eventually, he watches the King and the country walk away.
Had these two met him a few years back, Setsuna would never been able to understand why they're feeling like this. Isn't it normal? But... now that he's no longer a human, he's able to step into a world that he never thought he would ever be in; the world beyond humanity — although despite everything, he never wanted to forget. He didn't want to be considered as anything else but human. He was so touched... when the King called him that, even though he knew that it doesn't apply to him anymore. But he wanted to keep on believing, in his heart that he hasn't forgotten. He will never forget what he's been through to reach the point where he is now.
What can he do for these two now, who are both struggling over the concept of humanity? From where he is, he eventually voices out as he watches their distant backs: ]
Your mortality... Even if it should hurt, you still have to face them.
[ But...
Setsuna hurries on his steps forward too, grabbing the handle of his bike as he runs to catch up to the two. He stands in-between them soon enough, glancing at both of them once more; staring with those bright eyes of his. ]
But you do not have to face them alone.
[ This is... something he's learned, too. Because he's always been supported by those around him, he learned. And he wants to extend these feelings to both of them. They'll make it out of here together. It doesn't matter if it's scary or if it'll hurt... They'll return to Caissa without fail. ]