"...Not anymore," Felih says quietly. He buries his face into Hades' chest for several long, quiet moments, before he turns his head aside to speak.
"If I had gotten the chance to know you... to know the past, I... well, you already know I... wished for the Rejoining to be gentler. Kinder. But even if I did, would we be able to overcome the Song of Oblivion that awaited us? Zodiark shielded us at too great a cost. And yet more sacrifices were needed to revive the land... I'm selfish, darling. I don't like sacrifice."
It was why Azem had condemned both Venat's and the Convocation's plans, after all. There had to have been another way...
"Hydaelyn had the advantage of always finding me first, 'tis true. And it allows ample time to mold my beliefs to her liking," he murmurs. "If I had been able to know all I know now... I still think I would've tried to find another way. Neither of these outcomes make me happy... not after knowing the agony you all have endured for so many eons."
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"If I had gotten the chance to know you... to know the past, I... well, you already know I... wished for the Rejoining to be gentler. Kinder. But even if I did, would we be able to overcome the Song of Oblivion that awaited us? Zodiark shielded us at too great a cost. And yet more sacrifices were needed to revive the land... I'm selfish, darling. I don't like sacrifice."
It was why Azem had condemned both Venat's and the Convocation's plans, after all. There had to have been another way...
"Hydaelyn had the advantage of always finding me first, 'tis true. And it allows ample time to mold my beliefs to her liking," he murmurs. "If I had been able to know all I know now... I still think I would've tried to find another way. Neither of these outcomes make me happy... not after knowing the agony you all have endured for so many eons."