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Use your own eyes, and see for yourself which side I'm on.
Celes cast Relm a small smile. She was as eager as always. Maybe too eager given the circumstances, but that couldn’t be helped. War had damaged her. The world they’d left behind had damaged her, and yet she still held her head high with a kind of childlike fervor that scoffed in the face of tragedy. She had the spirit of a rebel and that more than anything had made her more than welcome in the ranks of the Returners.
Caius did not seem to share her view.
He wasn’t harsh with her -- only realistic. He knelt down with a somber eye and looked at her straight on as both a child and his equal. Celes quieted and watched. What he said wasn’t wrong. The Dragonblades weren’t something to be taken lightly and there was a certain responsibility to carry along with the inherent danger. A bad move would hurt their reputation. It felt almost callous to say, and Celes felt her eyes sharpen on Caius for even suggesting it. A life lost was consequence enough without taking reputation into it, and even so, it seemed an odd thing to mention to a child.
Perform well or it will embarrass us all? They weren’t fighting to bolster their popularity.
”She’s faced worse pressure before.” Celes’ voice dropped. Her eyes went even. ”A mistake here and we might lose money. A mistake there and we’d have lost our lives. He twisted together monsters that could have slaughtered five dozen bandits in a quarter hour. At least now she has the choice.” Celes put a hand on Relm’s shoulder and glanced at Caius. ”We’ll meet you at the stables.”
Her heels clicked across the tiles as she reached the inn’s entrance. She didn’t say anything until they were out the door and nearly a block away. ”Relm.” Her step slowed to a stop.
What was wrong with her? Caius hadn’t meant anything by it, and Relm hadn’t complained. In fact, Celes had likely done more to upset her than Caius ever could, and yet she’d done it anyway. She should have felt guilt, but it never came. She couldn’t feel much of anything at the moment.
”Is this something that you want to do? You could get away from that life, grow up, become a painter.” Celes gave a dry smirk. If she’d had the choice, would she have taken it? This was all she knew. ”It’s over now. Everything. You don’t have to fight anymore.”
Two fingers pressed to the head of Caius' leaned form, which she then pushed back playfully with as an intial response to his words. She coudn't help herself, because it was funny what people thought she didn't understand. She knew the man was being serious but... He was wrong on some things. This was a different situation, but only in that they were pretty much mercenarys like Shadow had been. Everything else he said... Right down to being responsible for your fellow memebers, it had been true of the Returners as well, everything. He didn't undertand. She could tell this man had been through a lot to, so it confused her why he didn't. But it's what his words said to her. Still it's not like the words were bad or anything. Far from it.
"I know what it means to protect people Caius, I'll just have to show you that... You think it's cruel to involve a child... But I'm not a normal child, and I don't mean my magic... I don't want anyone else to go through what I've had to, whether it be my friends or normal people... The... Reputation won't suffer ether I promise, I can handle the pressure"
She supposed thats what a group similar to Shadow would be worried about, but it still left a sour feeling in her chest. It was an adult thing she supposed, to worry over what people thought of you. But if it would affect what her friends were able to get she would of course notnlet it go down. Relm smiled as Celes worded things better than she could. She was smart like that.
"Thanks Celes"
Before they entered the Inn Celes called to her, now by themselves and Celes turned to face her friend in curiosity. What could she need? They needed to get ready for the trip right?
"Oh..."
So that was it... Relm shook her head with convinction. Did Celes think all she was doing was following her? That was part of it of course. That year she was alone... It was the worst time of her life but it wasn't the only reason she wanted to join the Dragonblades. She could live as a painter here and Celes would still let her live with her she was sure. No... Things were deeper than that for her. She crossed her arms, voicing the words built her reasoning.
"Do you remeber when you, Locke, Mr Leo and the others came to Thamasa?"
She paused a moment giving Celes a chance to recall, she was sure she did, it became one of the worse points in their journey after all.
"Caius Is wrong... I understand a lot more than people think. That day... Esper's fell, people fell, Mr. Leo... Who so bravely tried to stop Kefka... He fell to, and then it kept going after the world was ruined to. Before you found me again and everywhere we went people suffered. Even now that Kefka's gone I know that doesn't mean everythings just magicully sunshine again"
She sighed, looking up with a light smile.
"It's obvious isn't it Celes? I don't want people to hurt. I could stop doing it all right now but... I don't want to, it woudn't be right. I still have the power to help people and... I want to do that"
Her smile turned to that same grin she was so known for during their journey. Yes because...
Caius' eyes darted to Celes the minute she spoke, recognizing the tone and knowing immediately something was wrong. This wasn't part of her wanting Rem in, it was something else if the difference in tone compared to before was any indication. Caius listened carefully as Celes first mentioned she had faced worse pressures before. But it was when she brought up that here, they'd just lose money if they failed, that Caius realized his folly. If she was watching, she might even notice that his expression had changed immediately. He understood right then and there what he'd done wrong, and that he had conveyed the wrong message.
Why had he brought money into it? Caius didn't care about the financial aspect anymore so long as he and the others had enough to fund their work and to eat and survive. He'd cared less and less about the financial part of things for some time now, and even moreso since forming the Dragonblades with Celes. Why did he say that? That hadn't been the point of why he was concerned about the pressures of failing. It was the trust! Who would hire them if people put lives in their hands and they squandered them? Who would trust them to help people ever again? That was a fear Caius had, to watch this all fall apart due to a lack of trust -- and to never be able to accomplish what the Dragonblades had set out to do. More people would die if that happened, and Caius didn't think he would be able to live with himself if he were helpless to stop it. Perhaps he had thought the less money part would convey that it would hurt the morale of the others and further endanger, or... Maybe it was just old habits dying hard. He was always thinking of the practical side of things, but... Perhaps it just wasn't right to use it here. Perhaps he would have been better off saying what his heart said.
But Caius knew he wasn't eloquent enough of a speaker to convey those kinds of things so easily.
He opened his mouth to stop her and to clarify, to fix this quickly. He didn't want Celes upset at him, especially over such a stupid mistake. He didn't want Celes upset at anything period, but at him? He'd made a mistake and he understood that. Now he had to figure out how to make this right, find the right words...
But Rem spoke up and stopped him. He was... Surprised, honestly, at her maturity. Perhaps he had been wrong to treat her as a child, even if he had tried his best to explain why he was cautious. Celes had called her one of their rebellion, but to hear her speak of it, to see it in her eyes... That look in her eyes, he understood she indeed knew. She was a good girl, too, he could see that. Mature beyond her years even, likely forced to be even if she hadn't shown it at first. Which made him feel even worse for his mistake. The two left before Caius could clarify. Caius let out a long sigh. "Shit!" He seethed under his breath. The glaive let out an exhale to try and steady himself as he headed out to the stables. The whole way, he kept trying to figure out the words. He knew what he wanted to say, he just... Didn't know how to word it correctly.
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Use your own eyes and see for yourself whose side I'm on!
Use your own eyes, and see for yourself which side I'm on.
”Do you remember when you, Locke, Mr. Leo, and the others came to Thamasa?”
Celes blinked and turned to face her. ”Thamasa?” Celes felt something sink within her. How could she have forgotten? That town had been the beginning of the end.
’Espers fell, people fell, Mr. Leo…’ Celes touched at her lip. It flashed there bright with heat. The espers raging above in blinding neon. Kefka slaughtering them until their magicite showered him like rain. And then Leo…
A familiar panic bubbled behind her throat. It had been her fault, all her fault. Why had she ever trusted them? After all they’d done? After all she’d seen? Why had her spirits lifted as the emperor had stopped outside her prison cell? Why had she latched onto his sweet lies like a child? If she hadn’t believed them… If she’d chosen death instead…
Nausea touched at her lips. She repressed the urge to run.
"It's obvious isn't it, Celes?” Relm. Something beamed in her that cut through the panic if only for a moment. Something warm and as dependable as the sunrise. ”I don't want people to hurt.”
Celes stared at her. Helping people. It was all so simple, but hearing it from Relm when she had that look in her eye…
Celes laughed. Heat rose to her cheeks as she shook her head. ”You’re right,” she said. Funny she had to be told by a child. ”Helping people. I hadn’t thought…” And she laughed again. It was weak, but it was something.
Celes had made a mistake -- the worst mistake of her life -- but that left her nothing now but a debt to pay. Both of them had seen enough tragedy to last several lifetimes. Could she blame Relm for wanting to prevent even more?
”You’re strong,” she said. ”Even when I’m being silly, you…” Celes sighed. It had always been her faltering, hadn’t it? Some guardian she was.
Celes hesitated, uncertain, before she reached out and put a hand on Relm’s shoulder. She tried for a smile though she was almost certain it hadn’t come out right. ”I trust you,” she said. It wasn’t much, but any better words had long abandoned her. She hoped it got the message across.
”Well then. I wouldn’t want to keep Caius waiting.” Celes straightened and brushed her hair to the side. ”I swear he’s not usually like that. He must be the king of putting his foot in his mouth.” She glanced at Relm and smiled faintly. Perhaps it was wrong not to shelter her for the child she was, but it was impossible to keep her down. Her eyes burned with a passion far beyond her years.
