[ Measured in her movements, Lux leans forward just slightly, rested against his right arm and reaching with her now unencumbered left; placing it lightly on top of his outstretched hand. And it's strange, in that moment, as flickering as her thoughts seem to feel, this sort of "should I, or shouldn't I," back-and-forth going on in her head, what is more overwhelming is such a simple thought.
...His hands are so much bigger than mine.
And taking a breath, her shoulders starting to relax again, her chin tips upward toward the sky. Because his story of an akuma, while the details were certainly different, does sound a bit like one she has heard before. A cautionary tale from another shinki who, surprisingly, did not lose himself to anguish and grief afterwards.
(...Why?)
One who told her that she should be careful, and make sure to have a backup plan, to which she said, quite plainly:
No.
While her voice soft, it's not without conviction, a certain fire that might not have been there before. Because while it was important to do something about the ayakashi, how she seemed to need to fight as if it was what she was born and named to do, there was something else as well. ]
I'm not sure what "Innocence" is capable of, but I do know this. We will find a way. I can't imagine what it must feel like for a soul to suffer like that—the soul of an ayakashi, the soul of an akuma, or the soul of someone who might have summoned either to this world. I don't want that for anyone. I don't want anyone to be burdened with that sort of grief, to have to live with it, or have it change them for the worst.
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...His hands are so much bigger than mine.
And taking a breath, her shoulders starting to relax again, her chin tips upward toward the sky. Because his story of an akuma, while the details were certainly different, does sound a bit like one she has heard before. A cautionary tale from another shinki who, surprisingly, did not lose himself to anguish and grief afterwards.
(...Why?)
One who told her that she should be careful, and make sure to have a backup plan, to which she said, quite plainly:
No.
While her voice soft, it's not without conviction, a certain fire that might not have been there before. Because while it was important to do something about the ayakashi, how she seemed to need to fight as if it was what she was born and named to do, there was something else as well. ]
I'm not sure what "Innocence" is capable of, but I do know this. We will find a way. I can't imagine what it must feel like for a soul to suffer like that—the soul of an ayakashi, the soul of an akuma, or the soul of someone who might have summoned either to this world. I don't want that for anyone. I don't want anyone to be burdened with that sort of grief, to have to live with it, or have it change them for the worst.
[ Least of all... ]