[Even if his shinki were to say that... Hope is actually just as young as he looks. His voice has just started to break, even if it really only breaks when he's shouting or tired. He's awkward and unbalanced. Small and squishy. Hope knows he's really just a kid even if he's supposed to be... well, someone important.

He doesn't feel like one, at all. Sometimes he feels like they have the wrong person entirely. If there's someone of their group who deserves to be a god... It should be Lightning, right? Or Fang or Vanille. All three of them gave themselves up to save people, and all Hope did was watch and try and grab them to bring them back-- and failed.]

Just... just call me Hope, all right?

I've never been called sir or lord of anything in my life, and... It doesn't feel right.