[ he places a hand onto her shoulder, giving it a light squeeze — it's a gentle means of reassuring her, of indicating that she should settle down.
nier sweeps up the excess water with one of his spare cloths (an older brother must always be prepared!), so the puddle begins to shrink, at the very least. a story...his gaze softens.
and then he leans forward, patting her head the slightest bit. ]
Alright.
[ nier tucks her hair behind her ear. softly does he begin to speak: ]
There was a girl — she was beautiful, but rejected by her entire village for something she couldn't control. Her parents died long ago, so an elderly woman took her in as her own instead.
The village had shown her nothing but cruelty. But the girl had steeled herself and persevered through it all with the help of her grandmother. Her life wasn't an easy one, but it was still worthwhile in her eyes. She felt that that love could overcome anything.
...
One day, she came home...and found that her grandmother was killed by a monster. It filled her heart with rage, despair, and....sorrow, above all. From thereon, her reason for living was to avenge her grandmother's death. That's what she said. But the truth was...even if she was angry, and lonely and distant, she wanted to protect people. She was a kind girl...and the world could never change that.
It hurt a lot. The way she would help people when they had never cared for her...she was always on her own, and always waiting for the day she could die in peace. She had to avenge her grandmother, she told herself. Nothing else mattered.
One day, she caught a young boy trying to steal the flowers her grandmother had grown for her. They were beautiful, white flowers called "Lunar Tears". There was a legend saying that they could grant any wish imaginable.
The truth was, the boy wasn't trying to steal the flowers...it was just the first time had seen them, and his little sister had always wanted to find one. The girl attacked him, and the two had a fight. It was a close call...until the monster that had killed her grandmother all those years ago appeared.
The girl wound up falling unconscious after another fight...so the boy had decided to save her and carry her to her bed. She didn't understand why, but he figured he didn't have a reason not to. After that day, the girl never left his mind. They reunited again and killed the monster for good. The girl was intent on dying. but the boy tried to convince her to life with all his might...he told her that her life meant something, and that she was stronger than this. He told her that he was her friend, and for her to travel with him...
She listened. And she decided to live. She called herself his blade. Even when it was hard, she always fought for him — one day, a monster attacked the boy's village...so the girl helped him fight it with her dying breath. She was turned into stone to seal the monster away.
5 years passed. The boy spent everyday of those 5 years trying to find a way to save her. He grew Lunar Tears in preparation for the day he could meet her again. And he did. They found a spell to turn the stone of her body back into flesh...
And he gave her the flower. She smiled gently at him. He would never forget that smile. She wore that flower in her hair everyday of her life, even after he had vanished from the world.
[ he rests his head into his palm. how longwinded. how nostalgic. ]
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[ he places a hand onto her shoulder, giving it a light squeeze — it's a gentle means of reassuring her, of indicating that she should settle down.
nier sweeps up the excess water with one of his spare cloths (an older brother must always be prepared!), so the puddle begins to shrink, at the very least. a story...his gaze softens.
and then he leans forward, patting her head the slightest bit. ]
Alright.
[ nier tucks her hair behind her ear. softly does he begin to speak: ]
There was a girl — she was beautiful, but rejected by her entire village for something she couldn't control. Her parents died long ago, so an elderly woman took her in as her own instead.
The village had shown her nothing but cruelty. But the girl had steeled herself and persevered through it all with the help of her grandmother. Her life wasn't an easy one, but it was still worthwhile in her eyes. She felt that that love could overcome anything.
...
One day, she came home...and found that her grandmother was killed by a monster. It filled her heart with rage, despair, and....sorrow, above all. From thereon, her reason for living was to avenge her grandmother's death. That's what she said. But the truth was...even if she was angry, and lonely and distant, she wanted to protect people. She was a kind girl...and the world could never change that.
It hurt a lot. The way she would help people when they had never cared for her...she was always on her own, and always waiting for the day she could die in peace. She had to avenge her grandmother, she told herself. Nothing else mattered.
One day, she caught a young boy trying to steal the flowers her grandmother had grown for her. They were beautiful, white flowers called "Lunar Tears". There was a legend saying that they could grant any wish imaginable.
The truth was, the boy wasn't trying to steal the flowers...it was just the first time had seen them, and his little sister had always wanted to find one. The girl attacked him, and the two had a fight. It was a close call...until the monster that had killed her grandmother all those years ago appeared.
The girl wound up falling unconscious after another fight...so the boy had decided to save her and carry her to her bed. She didn't understand why, but he figured he didn't have a reason not to. After that day, the girl never left his mind. They reunited again and killed the monster for good. The girl was intent on dying. but the boy tried to convince her to life with all his might...he told her that her life meant something, and that she was stronger than this. He told her that he was her friend, and for her to travel with him...
She listened. And she decided to live. She called herself his blade. Even when it was hard, she always fought for him — one day, a monster attacked the boy's village...so the girl helped him fight it with her dying breath. She was turned into stone to seal the monster away.
5 years passed. The boy spent everyday of those 5 years trying to find a way to save her. He grew Lunar Tears in preparation for the day he could meet her again. And he did. They found a spell to turn the stone of her body back into flesh...
And he gave her the flower. She smiled gently at him. He would never forget that smile. She wore that flower in her hair everyday of her life, even after he had vanished from the world.
[ he rests his head into his palm. how longwinded. how nostalgic. ]
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