Uendo was almost as stunned as the Empress. He'd been bracing himself for more, expecting things to go worse before they got better. But Ramaa was down, and Bahamut-Egi had vanished... And above them, the battle of the Eidolons was reaching its finale.
They'd done it.
He let the final notes of Aria fade and lowered his shamisen. Looking at Ramaa now... Just as he'd thought. After all this, he still couldn't bring himself to hate her.
"...Personally? I'd be lying if I said I couldn't understand your way of thinking, Lady Ramaa. I've... held some very similar sentiments in the past." He looked away for a moment, then back at her. "But... I have to ask. All those lifetimes... Was there nothing that made them worth living? Was there nothing that made you happy to be alive, if only for a moment?"
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Uendo was almost as stunned as the Empress. He'd been bracing himself for more, expecting things to go worse before they got better. But Ramaa was down, and Bahamut-Egi had vanished... And above them, the battle of the Eidolons was reaching its finale.
They'd done it.
He let the final notes of Aria fade and lowered his shamisen. Looking at Ramaa now... Just as he'd thought. After all this, he still couldn't bring himself to hate her.
"...Personally? I'd be lying if I said I couldn't understand your way of thinking, Lady Ramaa. I've... held some very similar sentiments in the past." He looked away for a moment, then back at her. "But... I have to ask. All those lifetimes... Was there nothing that made them worth living? Was there nothing that made you happy to be alive, if only for a moment?"