[He struggles to stay on his knees on the bench, determined to stay taller than her for this moment--taller, to be the bigger and stronger one just for now.]
It's okay to feel weak, sometimes. It's not wrong to be weak. [Oh, what would his sister say if she heard him now? What would von Karma say?] No matter how much you cry, as long as you're in Johto you won't find yourself back in any sort of strange room. I promise.
[He wonders for a moment if there might be another difference in their pain. Was Clover's longing for something she could still reach different from his and Ken's longing for the parents they could never have? Was it any different, any more or less painful? Two different kinds of loneliness...]
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Date: 2011-12-08 09:35 am (UTC)It's okay to feel weak, sometimes. It's not wrong to be weak. [Oh, what would his sister say if she heard him now? What would von Karma say?] No matter how much you cry, as long as you're in Johto you won't find yourself back in any sort of strange room. I promise.
[He wonders for a moment if there might be another difference in their pain. Was Clover's longing for something she could still reach different from his and Ken's longing for the parents they could never have? Was it any different, any more or less painful? Two different kinds of loneliness...]
You won't have to be alone here.