Then more important than stand by what you believe in, fight for it if necessary, you have to protect the parts of yourself that make you feel that way.
[Ciel stops, turning fully now to face the meekly hooded girl who's keeping her head low. She can't wipe her tears. It's not within her right. All she can do... Is this. Nag and lecture and talk, for what little worth these words amount to.]
Do you understand, Gray?
[They're alone. Ciel's made sure of it. They're so far out that they've almost reached the beach, and no one comes to these parts for no reason. Visibility is good too: you can see far, anyone possibly tailing them will need to be physically and magically skilled at presence concealment to slip through a gravekeeper and a Burial Agent.
So she speaks freely, because it's all she can do for this girl. Horos... Is truly an unkind place.]
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Date: 2022-08-08 06:09 am (UTC)[Ciel stops, turning fully now to face the meekly hooded girl who's keeping her head low. She can't wipe her tears. It's not within her right. All she can do... Is this. Nag and lecture and talk, for what little worth these words amount to.]
Do you understand, Gray?
[They're alone. Ciel's made sure of it. They're so far out that they've almost reached the beach, and no one comes to these parts for no reason. Visibility is good too: you can see far, anyone possibly tailing them will need to be physically and magically skilled at presence concealment to slip through a gravekeeper and a Burial Agent.
So she speaks freely, because it's all she can do for this girl. Horos... Is truly an unkind place.]