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"How annoying can you be, my lad ? Don't you have anything better to do than fooling around ? I don't really care about it, actually; just a little piece of advice .. Go easy on the booze. It doesn't suit you."
"Besides avoiding the daggers sent by your glares, I cannot deny the fact that you were a factor into bringing back a very special person along your side. I guess stealing has it's good points, sometimes."
"You're an arrogant one, I'll give you that. But stop picking on me, and find something else to toy with. You're a great woman, that, I cannot disagree with. We could do so much things with our well-earned efforts to rise, yet your passion is to belittle me any seconds you get. Stay astray from my path, and we shall be fine. I do not care for anything else than be able to roam freely into wherever path I take."
« You're a coward lost in time, Dona Belun. And a lucky one, if I must say... But if fate decided to keep you by his side, who am I to disagree ? Go, witch, lead him but never shall you mislead him from his path. Only the wind can do such magic. »
"Stop. Just .. just stop. I will never admit out loud how I gave up on eating you, but please for f-god's sake, stop ruining my belongings that I shan't forsake despite any crimes you commit."
« I... am truly sorry, Dona. I never wanted to disappoint you but that day... That one day... I saw that look in your eyes and couldn't help but feel so ashamed of myself... I didn't mean to hurt your feelings in any way but... sometimes you know.. you can't choose the way you see people...? And the way you teached me and helped me so much.. more than my own family was supposed to... I know you are not that person nor want to be but is it okay to still call you family ? Because in all fairness, this is what you are to me. Not just a professor but this guiding light which brings comfort. This is what family is... Thank you for what you've done for me. I will do my best for you...! »
"Please don't consider me as your mom. I am not. I willn't.I- .. Don't. Not already." --- "In truths.. You once were a disappointment. You grew up a good kid but a weak one. And I had to take care of that. Although your warmth crumbled some of my walls, I cannot shake the feeling that you're capable of so much more. More than you think. In spite of anything, I am not one to turn a blind eye on a good kid's efforts to do better. How was I different than you, back then ?"
« ...Listen sis. Y'know words and I ain't friends but. Errr. Thanks for feedin' the cats when I ain't here. I guess. And for always keepin' an eye on the family even when your bros are bein'... Well y'know. Anyway, you're always there thankin' me for bein' your shadow or somethin' but a shadow can't exist without the body it gets it's shape from. ....or whatever. »
"You know, it's hard to know what you think, brother. Your affection, your protection, your acts are louder than your words. But silence can weigh heavily on someone's mind, especially those who seek to act like your very kin."
"Which is.. me ?"
"But I love you, as much as I love E'zraa. You're the very first, and only shadow I never felt scared of."
"..Except for this time where you couldn't find your socks for days, and I really feared for your sanity, brother."
"I really really really hope we can do a big girl's night, and we sort everything out, our very own problems, together and then ... I don't know, I could give you cookies and cakes that I practiced very hard for ! What ? They weren't for you in the first place ? .. Huhm..?.. no .. no they were ! Just not this big pile of cakes hidden in the kitchen, on the right.. What do you mean "Who were they for" ? Hey, don't tease me !"
"I .. I pity you."
"Please .. I'm so sorry, please, don't come near us .. I'm so sorry, please don't resent me, I-.. I shall live with the pain of remembering what I saw, and participating in it. But please, do not come near our house ever again. .. Never. .. Otherwise.. I will have to keep my promise to them."
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"Sometimes, I wonder what you are doing. What you are going through. If you're doing fine, even though you are probably not. What would have happend if, back then, nothing happend ? Could we become friends ? Probably not, because everything happend because .. You're you. They're them. .. And I'm me."
Aelicia is Mehnrié's key to a calmer and normal life. The Ishgardian first saved her life in an attempt to apologize for his crimes to the Twelve, has he did multiple times behind his family's back. But after promising the xaela to protect her, her curiosity and sweet personality grew on the midlander who got accustomed to her nicer world.
He can't run away from his cold and cruel life but sometimes comes back to her house to teach her how to fight with the weapons he gave her or even enjoy a nice casual chat in the living room.
The xaela even once put a smile on the face of the man who never seems to stop mourning. She is the first one he agreed to call a friend, after she showed him the meaning of this word from a different world.
And yet, he cannot tell his kind friend the truth. Tales are often written with blood.
"I wish that I could see you smile, and that the gods bring us all to a nice chat ... without any worries .. any suspicions, or doubts about one another but the last part is probably a reverie."
Even if the manners and stiffness of the black knight scares the lady, Aelicia Filis is certain that something else hides behind this facade. She is certain, after catching glimpse of his kindness and concerns about her well-being, that the knight isn't as ill-intended as he seems to be. She knows how she's probably a puppet used for his own feeling of redemption, but agrees to be used as she thinks she is doing the same by using him as a watch dog. Aelicia doesn't mean to do it, but that is the mere truths about how their relationship began.
Whereas Aelicia thought helping that man towards a warmer future was a good-deed, or accepting to be used until the lone wolf learns what a real friend, is despite anything, she began to re-think her ways of thinking after her brother finally managed to shook some sense onto her. After all, the shadow behind the young lady is still a stranger, and one that has committed what the devil would sing with a smile. Whereas Aelicia thought she changed, the lady did not realize the extent of her denial towards the ornaments of blood and tears on the knight's sword.
Yet again, the not-so-little girl stares at the wall of her room, lost.
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"Aye mate! I'm glad I found ya. T'be honest, it's scary out there. So, having you with me makes all my worries goes away, for real. But if I hafta' be honest .. Which I can't, otherwise you'd prolly resent me but .. I think it started with an excuse. Sometimes I think about it, and feel bad 'cause it feels like i'm using ya. Like.. In truths.. I wanted to prove something to my bro. Coming to see him, provin' me worth.
'Look, bro! I'm teachin this fella! I definitely just came cos' I wanted to tell show ya.' but fam, in reality I'm just worried, stupid, tryna prove a point I shouldn't. But 'tis fine, aye. I think you really became a friend along the way. 'Hope so, at least ! Sorry for forcing ya hand, 'don't know any better to be followed."
"Also, I suck at cookin', but aye, vHon can't give up ! It's def' good sometimes. .. Sometimes."
« Oh, Arslan... Will I ever be able to thank you enough for what you have done for me ? You saved me. I know, I wasn't in any danger but... I felt traped, unable to see what the world had to offer and you gave this to me, a complete stranger... Because you are kind, Arslan... Kind and caring, like a brother and I can't help but dream of traveling the world by your side. Though, I can't tell if I would be a good merchant! (laughs) »
xoxo