What an infuriating thing for Squall to say. Because he doesn't get it. Has
never gotten it. Save for one accident and the things he had done under
Ultimecia's will, he had never once caused Squall lasting harm. And he had
never set out with the intent to do so either.
Of course he can't do that now.
"Given I don't have more than a blunt boot knife, I don't think I could,"
he says instead of pressing the matter. And he backs away. Space. There
should be space between them. Space and time. An uncrossable gulf of it.
"Drink your coffee. I'm going to eat. I'm not rushing off anywhere though.
Like I said, I don't buy that going to Esthar is anything but a death
sentence. And if I'm going to be put to the headsman's blade it's going to
be yours on behalf of Balamb and Trabia if I can help it. I don't think
even the 'Lion of Balamb' could manage to somehow talk a major world
government washing all this blood off my hands."
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ninetydegrees
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on 2024-11-15 08:20 am (UTC)What an infuriating thing for Squall to say. Because he doesn't get it. Has never gotten it. Save for one accident and the things he had done under Ultimecia's will, he had never once caused Squall lasting harm. And he had never set out with the intent to do so either.
Of course he can't do that now.
"Given I don't have more than a blunt boot knife, I don't think I could," he says instead of pressing the matter. And he backs away. Space. There should be space between them. Space and time. An uncrossable gulf of it.
"Drink your coffee. I'm going to eat. I'm not rushing off anywhere though. Like I said, I don't buy that going to Esthar is anything but a death sentence. And if I'm going to be put to the headsman's blade it's going to be yours on behalf of Balamb and Trabia if I can help it. I don't think even the 'Lion of Balamb' could manage to somehow talk a major world government washing all this blood off my hands."