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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

[Ugh. Not only was he beaten in a fight by some younger girl, he also bears the feelings of coming out of darkness. Again. It never gets any easier. There was something else, something odd about things said in a couple of encounters he's had, but he doesn't feel like bringing any of that up just yet. Kain doesn't really... want to face any people right now, but he feels he owes this apology as an act of penance. So he'll do this and then he intends to vanish. Forever if he can manage.]

[He'd vowed never to turn Dark again, and now look what's happened.]

To anyone I've harmed or spoken harshly toward, I apologize. There's no excuse for my recent behavior...

[Hesitates, he has no idea how to properly end this.]

...forgive me.

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[kidnapbait.livejournal.com]

You are not a burden. Never. Don't you see it hurts more when you pull away from us? We care about you.

[She stops short and sighs miserably, now wishing that Cecil were with her to affirm all that she says. Rosa dislikes the chiding tone to her words, no matter how right they are, because she knows how they will be received and that Kain will only use that to justify more distance.]

Your absence is more a burden than anything you could do.

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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

[Kain folds his arms, stubborn and defiant as ever.]

I've only caused suffering to both of you by being around.

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[kidnapbait.livejournal.com]

[Rosa's just as stubborn and has a bossy streak to boot. She's not used this tone on him in years, when she was still young and scolding the boys for getting in yet another scrabble with each other, but it comes easily to her nonetheless. Her hands go on her hips to accompany the stubborn set of her face.]

Kain Highwind, would you stop being so stubborn and listen?

[Pot, meet kettle.]

I am not giving up on you, and you shouldn't either.

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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

[He keeps his arms folded.]

Rosa, I could harm Cecil. ...Or you... I refuse to risk that.

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[kidnapbait.livejournal.com]

[Straightaway, she reaches out to touch his arm, with her eyes lit with a sad compassion.]

Is that what you're afraid of?

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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

Dragoons fear nothing.

[...except losing control and doing those horrible things.]

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[kidnapbait.livejournal.com]

[Yeah no, she's not buying that. Rosa's known Kain and human nature too well to believe it. Even if she had believed as a child that her own father was fearless.]

Then don't look away.

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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

[Arms folded and a grumpface.]

Rosa...

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[kidnapbait.livejournal.com]

[Fine. There are two ways to go about this. Rosa marches herself directly into Kain's line of sight with a stubborn set on her face.]

I loved Cecil even when he took up the dark sword. I wasn't afraid of his darkness and I'm not afraid of yours.

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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

...You're determined on this...

[He should have known. This was the reason he hadn't told anyone where he was going, when he'd left for Mount Ordeals. He knew Rosa would react like this.]

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[kidnapbait.livejournal.com]

I am.

[This is a battle you cannot win, Kain.]

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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

[Kain sighs. He's beginning to notice that.]

Why? Why don't you fear me, when you should...

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[kidnapbait.livejournal.com]

And why should I? Do you have any fear of the sky?

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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

Never.

[No matter the time of day, no matter what storms rage through it, the sky is always his domain, the element he most belongs in.]

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[kidnapbait.livejournal.com]

[A subtle smile is her only response, feeling her point has been made and seeing no need to go rubbing it in.]

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[skyboundknight.livejournal.com]

[Kain sighs in response. How is it she always manages to win?]