I swear I still believe but I don't know
As in most situations, one of them is the balm against the other. This time it's Ronin, tranquil and sleepy and stupidly in love, despite the serious nature of their talk. "Yes," he whispers, trying to meet Remi's eyes and leaning in to press a chase, gentle kiss against his lips. "Yes, I would protect them. I'd step in where you couldn't be there, I promise." The sincerity warbles out of him, too - since his breakdown in the Oerwoud about it all, he's scrubbed himself clean of the scales of resentment, at least when it came to the twins.
Kissing Remi a second time, Ronin blinks himself a little more alert and nods, hearing out the alchemist's just-in-case plans. "I can do that," he says of the Greatwood. "Good thing I didn't get strongarmed into becoming the new Eye, otherwise I'd not be available for this." It's a gentle joke, if that. "I wouldn't expect you to carry anything for the Order, though, if the roles were reversed. You are most powerful when you aren't beholden to anything. And besides, it would mean you were bAnNeD from Halo, and setting foot in the Grounds would kill you."
And that is not ideal for either of them.
Leaning into the hand that cups his cheek, however ruined it might be, Ronin closes his eyes and smiles. "It was different back then. Knowing you were hurting on the other side of the world, that we needed each other. I think if this happened, I would wait. I would be alright." Eyes fluttering open, he suddenly realises the other side of that coin. "Of course I absolutely don't expect the same from you, not if you think you'd need it."
Kissing Remi a second time, Ronin blinks himself a little more alert and nods, hearing out the alchemist's just-in-case plans. "I can do that," he says of the Greatwood. "Good thing I didn't get strongarmed into becoming the new Eye, otherwise I'd not be available for this." It's a gentle joke, if that. "I wouldn't expect you to carry anything for the Order, though, if the roles were reversed. You are most powerful when you aren't beholden to anything. And besides, it would mean you were bAnNeD from Halo, and setting foot in the Grounds would kill you."
And that is not ideal for either of them.
Leaning into the hand that cups his cheek, however ruined it might be, Ronin closes his eyes and smiles. "It was different back then. Knowing you were hurting on the other side of the world, that we needed each other. I think if this happened, I would wait. I would be alright." Eyes fluttering open, he suddenly realises the other side of that coin. "Of course I absolutely don't expect the same from you, not if you think you'd need it."
the dark star
