Monday, January 10, 2005

It was my mother's blood. She was murdered.
Lloyd: Who is it? Come on in.

Zelos: Hey man, you awake?

Lloyd: ...I just got sleepy right now. G'night.

Zelos: Whoa whoa whoa! Don't be like that! Come on, let's go talk outside for a bit.

Lloyd: Sure.

*outside*

Zelos: ...On that day, Meltokio had a record snowfall. It looked just like this city.

Lloyd: What are you talking about all of a sudden?

Zelos: Ah, just a story about the past. I suddenly felt like talking about it.

Lloyd: Well, if you want to talk, I'm all ears.

*both look up at the sky*

Zelos: I was so excited to see snow for the first time, and I made a snowman in the garden with my mother.

*snow/sky turns red*

Zelos: Then suddenly, the snowman fell apart. Before I knew what was going on, red snow began to fall.

*back to Zelos and Lloyd*

Lloyd: ...Red...snow?

Zelos: It was my mother's blood. She was murdered.

Lloyd: ...

Zelos: As she fell, she grabbed my shoulder and told me, "You should never have been born."

Lloyd: That's...that's horrible!

Zelos: My mother probably loved somebody else. But because of the oracle from Cruxis, she had to marry the Chosen at the time--my father. And the old man had another woman as well.

Lloyd: But none of that was your fault!

Zelos: ...The magic that killed my mother was meant for me.

Lloyd: What?

Zelos: They targeted me because I was the next Chosen. My mother was caught in the crossfire.

Lloyd: ...

Zelos: The one who tried to kill me was Seles' mother. They executed her and Seles was placed under house arrest in the abbey.

Lloyd: So that's what happened.

Zelos: I never wanted to be the Chosen. I spent every moment of my life wishing I could just run away.

Lloyd: ...Chosens lead really difficult lives. I can only imagine what it's like. But I can still understand how hard it must be.

Zelos: ...Sorry, kinda hard to think of anything to say to a story like that, right?

Lloyd: Don't worry about it. But why did you suddenly decide to tell me?

Zelos: I should've never been born.

Lloyd: Wh...why do you say that?

Zelos: I'm not saying I still think that way now. But all my life, I've been rejected by my parents, shunned by the Church, and viewed as a threat to the royal family...I just wanted to run away.

Lloyd: But you're here with us, now, right?

Zelos: I dunno. Even now, to tell the truth, I get tired of all the problems. Sometimes I think it'd be easier if everyone and everything were just destroyed.

Lloyd: Zelos! How can you say that?!

Zelos: ...Did I piss you off?

Lloyd: Hell yes! Of course! It'd be a huge problem for me if everything was destroyed.

Zelos: But think about it. If everything was destroyed, you'd vanish, too.

Lloyd: *shakes head* I refuse to vanish. And so I don't want anyone else to be destroyed...I want you to live, too, Zelos.

Zelos: ...I think I'm gonna cry. *sarcasm*

Lloyd: Don't make fun of what I'm saying. Tomorrow, once we're sure Altessa is okay, I'm going to challenge Mithos to a final battle. But if that's the way you feel, I'll be too worried to bring you along.

Zelos: You're going to fight? Do you really think you can unite the two worlds?

Lloyd: I can and I will. I'm not going to run away.

Zelos: All right, all right, I hear ya. I swear, your fervent enthusiasm is enough to melt all the snow in Flanoir...I'm in. I guess I'll give this not running away thing a shot.

Lloyd: Haha. Once the world is at peace, you can run away all you like.

Zelos: Gee, thanks. Man, I can't believe I'm joining the weaker side. This isn't like me at all.

Lloyd: What are you talking about?

Zelos: Nothing, just talking to myself. Anyway, let's get back. It's way too cold out here.

Lloyd: Yeah…

*in bed*

Lloyd: Hmm? Did Zelos drop this? Hey, there's a letter attached...

Letter: This is a symbol of my trust. Hang on to it for me, okay? I don't have the right to ask you for your forgiveness, but I still want you to forgive me.
P.S. Don't tell the others.

Lloyd: What the?...Man, what the heck is he trying to say? He should make it easier to understand!
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