[ It isn't the tale that Himeka anticipated, but it lends more than just a little insight as to why the lance and why this creature in particular has been so hard for Sylvain. Would that it could have been simpler for him.
She listens quietly, attentively, and as soon as Sylvain explains the nature of his birth...she starts to see where this is going. Where she wishes it wasn't going. Sylvain doesn't need to give the details of how the encounter went. She can only imagine how horrible that must have been regardless of how well they got on--that was still someone he's known his whole life, someone he may have felt some guilt towards even before the Crest was stolen.
Was it like watching people give into despair? Turning into horrible monsters that, one moment were crying out to protect those they loved, and the next feasting on their flesh?
It's awful. Sylvain doesn't deserve that.
Himeka bows her head for a silent moment.
For those we have lost...for those we can yet save.
When she raises her head again, she takes a step closer to Sylvain rather than the lance. ]
"I'm sorry" doesn't cover much, does it? But I am. For one of those creatures to be here, must be...
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She listens quietly, attentively, and as soon as Sylvain explains the nature of his birth...she starts to see where this is going. Where she wishes it wasn't going. Sylvain doesn't need to give the details of how the encounter went. She can only imagine how horrible that must have been regardless of how well they got on--that was still someone he's known his whole life, someone he may have felt some guilt towards even before the Crest was stolen.
Was it like watching people give into despair? Turning into horrible monsters that, one moment were crying out to protect those they loved, and the next feasting on their flesh?
It's awful. Sylvain doesn't deserve that.
Himeka bows her head for a silent moment.
For those we have lost...for those we can yet save.
When she raises her head again, she takes a step closer to Sylvain rather than the lance. ]
"I'm sorry" doesn't cover much, does it? But I am. For one of those creatures to be here, must be...
[ Well. Terribly shitty for him. ]