[Fang didn't want Chariot to be as right as she was. But... it did shift Fang's focus. She couldn't be so caught up in her own despair that she forgot to look after her friend. Without that missing experience, Lightning couldn't stand beside Fang the way she needed her to... but the reverse wasn't true.]
No one's ever ready to hear their only family doesn't make it, [Fang said quietly.]
[The turnskin breathed deep. She'd shoulder it, endure it, like she always did, even if Fang felt like a pillar of broken glass—all too-sharp edges and fragile strength.]
[...but all of that was a harsh truth. It felt dour and blunt—and almost alarmingly familiar. Fang lifted a hand to Chariot's cheek, opening her eyes.]
You make a strong case, even if it doesn't sound like you. [Even if it didn't feel like Chariot, that nebulous dark thing floating on the fringes of the Bond.]
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[Fang didn't want Chariot to be as right as she was. But... it did shift Fang's focus. She couldn't be so caught up in her own despair that she forgot to look after her friend. Without that missing experience, Lightning couldn't stand beside Fang the way she needed her to... but the reverse wasn't true.]
No one's ever ready to hear their only family doesn't make it, [Fang said quietly.]
[The turnskin breathed deep. She'd shoulder it, endure it, like she always did, even if Fang felt like a pillar of broken glass—all too-sharp edges and fragile strength.]
[...but all of that was a harsh truth. It felt dour and blunt—and almost alarmingly familiar. Fang lifted a hand to Chariot's cheek, opening her eyes.]
You make a strong case, even if it doesn't sound like you. [Even if it didn't feel like Chariot, that nebulous dark thing floating on the fringes of the Bond.]