know it all

REMI

the alchemist

I've said that hope I'll never find
To my myself I must confide

"You do not need to take on the repercussions of what I do. Not unless I ask." Remi offers gently, reaching out for Ronin's hands even as the Star tries to slump them away in his lap. "Like I did with Nate. I do need you, Ronin, sometimes more than others. But I can handle things on my own, even if I do them in ways you would not." Would Ronin have handled this mess differently? Yes. Would Ronin have even found himself in it to begin with? Likely not. But that's what made the Star the Star, and the Lullaby a different sort of man entirely.

"I love you endlessly." Remi whispers, leaning forward. "I will be with you shortly, but before I go.." He doesn't want to say it. He doesn't want to open this door, this box, this thing that might be their undoing. "If there is something to Safrin's offer..something you want...you.." There are no stormclouds that thunder, no lightning to illuminate the tears on Remi's cheeks. Just a soft rain that falls, and falls and falls onto the sea. "..you should consider it. I don't want there to be any what ifs in your mind. Whatever you need to do to answer them.." The alchemist squeezes the Star's hands, to offer support as much as to stop them from shaking.

"..you need to do it."

That there's no choice outside your mind
when your heart is overthrown

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!