I mind not recounting the tale if you wish to hear it. 'Tis naught I intend to hide, but naught I have mind to splay. The Prism's influence... Is a strange and powerful one.
[ So it's Buzen's call, really. Aymeric is fine. ]
... Well, we share experiences and as you've heard, we are the sole survivors of our unit. The dragons had taken our comrades in one fell swoop.
[ He closes his eyes. ]
I had been training with those soldiers for years... And in a blink of an eye, their lives were snuffed to talon, claw, and fire. Estinien could have very much been the next body to drop. Instead of returning to Ishgard, he pursued the last of the dragons. I knew if I were to follow him, we could both perish, but 'twould weigh my heart too heavy to abandon him.
The fates were kind and my arrows pierced true each notch. We survived for another day. [ ... ] 'Tis humorous if I think this more—Estinien hadn't known my name before this and would struggle to remember after.
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[ So it's Buzen's call, really. Aymeric is fine. ]
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If you're okay with sharing it, then I'd like to hear it.
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[ He closes his eyes. ]
I had been training with those soldiers for years... And in a blink of an eye, their lives were snuffed to talon, claw, and fire. Estinien could have very much been the next body to drop. Instead of returning to Ishgard, he pursued the last of the dragons. I knew if I were to follow him, we could both perish, but 'twould weigh my heart too heavy to abandon him.
The fates were kind and my arrows pierced true each notch. We survived for another day. [ ... ] 'Tis humorous if I think this more—Estinien hadn't known my name before this and would struggle to remember after.