She whispered the name, watching him walk away -- a combination of carefully maintained panic and hurt. She'd remembered the man's supreme betrayal at the Graveyard ... and what Terra said he had perpetrated only just before that. But to rend their bond apart so maliciously and so purposefully ... not only violate the sanctity of Ven's heart, but to break the boundary of Terra's own body ...
"... here, in the city?"
Her fists tightened as she reined in a great and terrible surge of anger. Why? Why were there so many outside forces that were so firmly set on ripping the three of them apart? She thought that the burden she shouldered in sealing the Land of Departure had been weighty, but the affliction that Terra kept ...
He turned to face her and she exhaled painfully, rushing forward to wrap her arms around him again -- different than the gesture before, a full-on embrace, arms draping around his shoulders and pulling him in gently. It was an expression of comfort, pure and simple, a hand resting at the base of his neck to stroke and soothe.
"I should have never let those things happen to you, Terra. I promise you..."
He's gone now. And good riddance.
"I will never let it happen again. Not to you ... or any of us. I'll keep us safe."
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She whispered the name, watching him walk away -- a combination of carefully maintained panic and hurt. She'd remembered the man's supreme betrayal at the Graveyard ... and what Terra said he had perpetrated only just before that. But to rend their bond apart so maliciously and so purposefully ... not only violate the sanctity of Ven's heart, but to break the boundary of Terra's own body ...
"... here, in the city?"
Her fists tightened as she reined in a great and terrible surge of anger.
Why?
Why were there so many outside forces that were so firmly set on ripping the three of them apart? She thought that the burden she shouldered in sealing the Land of Departure had been weighty, but the affliction that Terra kept ...
He turned to face her and she exhaled painfully, rushing forward to wrap her arms around him again -- different than the gesture before, a full-on embrace, arms draping around his shoulders and pulling him in gently. It was an expression of comfort, pure and simple, a hand resting at the base of his neck to stroke and soothe.
"I should have never let those things happen to you, Terra. I promise you..."
He's gone now. And good riddance.
"I will never let it happen again. Not to you ... or any of us. I'll keep us safe."