Allen blinks, but some of the tension like he was ready to bolt relaxes. He doesn't return the squeeze overtly, but presses a thumb lightly in response and gives a nod, turning to Gil then. More composed. ]
It isn't like the others though—it's aware of itself. [ He doesn't mean to argue with the other, especially when he's been through this before, but... ] And capable of caring. Or at least once it did.
[ How different is this dragon from them then? ]
We can't just kill it without trying to reason with it. [ him? Though if the core, and he's sure the dragon must possess or at least be guarding it, is anything like Innocence and everything about this place suggests the two might fundamentally be along the same lines...
... then they'll have no choice but to destroy it in order to free this place—and the dragon from his suffering.
So Allen's expression smooths a little, looking back to the Tianya whipping the wind into a gale. Gentle but certain. "She". The dragon referred to the phoenix as "she". ]
..If we do have to destroy him, then it has to be because there's no other way to release him from this. [ Because this storm...
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Allen blinks, but some of the tension like he was ready to bolt relaxes. He doesn't return the squeeze overtly, but presses a thumb lightly in response and gives a nod, turning to Gil then. More composed. ]
It isn't like the others though—it's aware of itself. [ He doesn't mean to argue with the other, especially when he's been through this before, but... ] And capable of caring. Or at least once it did.
[ How different is this dragon from them then? ]
We can't just kill it without trying to reason with it. [ him? Though if the core, and he's sure the dragon must possess or at least be guarding it, is anything like Innocence and everything about this place suggests the two might fundamentally be along the same lines...
... then they'll have no choice but to destroy it in order to free this place—and the dragon from his suffering.
So Allen's expression smooths a little, looking back to the Tianya whipping the wind into a gale. Gentle but certain. "She". The dragon referred to the phoenix as "she". ]
..If we do have to destroy him, then it has to be because there's no other way to release him from this. [ Because this storm...
Isn't that what grief looks like? ]