[ They had a conversation before, during the aftermath of Dasvidaniya. The ghosts of that operation still haunted her, her first failure. And it wasn't just the lives lost, but the reactions afterward. The complete lack of acknowledgement from the upperclass, the defacement of public monuments in protest of the Heroes' very existence. She realized then that he was soft, that they were on two entirely different planes of existence.
That was when she decided that it might be best, for his own good, to remind herself that it was best to keep people (especially those easily hurt) at arm's length. She could protect them better that way, keep them safe without having to worry about it becoming personal. They could be friends, but...
They were Heroes. They fought under the same flag. And that was it. Anything else would become too painful, and she may not be able to act as she needed to keep him safe.
To say he understood duty and purpose... he really had no idea. He was a scholar. A mage like her, but a scholar. His world was so different, but there were some things that she could just tell. He didn't know. He couldn't know. The greatest honor was to fight for crown and country. Someone like him... he could never understand such a thing.
So Ed, please, if you valued their friendship as it was now, back down.
(Don't you understand that she did this to keep you safe? To keep people like you safe? Please, try to understand...)
Silence. She sat there in silence, a frown painted deeply on her face, creasing her brow and catching in her eyes. ]
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That was when she decided that it might be best, for his own good, to remind herself that it was best to keep people (especially those easily hurt) at arm's length. She could protect them better that way, keep them safe without having to worry about it becoming personal. They could be friends, but...
They were Heroes. They fought under the same flag. And that was it. Anything else would become too painful, and she may not be able to act as she needed to keep him safe.
To say he understood duty and purpose... he really had no idea. He was a scholar. A mage like her, but a scholar. His world was so different, but there were some things that she could just tell. He didn't know. He couldn't know. The greatest honor was to fight for crown and country. Someone like him... he could never understand such a thing.
So Ed, please, if you valued their friendship as it was now, back down.
(Don't you understand that she did this to keep you safe? To keep people like you safe? Please, try to understand...)
Silence. She sat there in silence, a frown painted deeply on her face, creasing her brow and catching in her eyes. ]