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[apostleofhope]

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[swordofchrist]

Let me go with you.

[apostleofhope]

I don't need a chaperone.

[swordofchrist]

It isn't that.

[apostleofhope]

Then what?

[swordofchrist]

If I were in your shoes, I might have done the same thing. I understand how you felt then. What I want is to be able to properly teach you how to deal with you feelings and show you how to effectively defend your sister when you think she needs it most.

[apostleofhope]

...You don't know anything about what I'm feeling.

She has Chrono to defend her. He's her champion.

[swordofchrist]

Is that what you truly think?

...and when Chrono fails?

[apostleofhope]

Trust me, Father. You don't want to know what I truly think.

...

[swordofchrist]

There are a lot of things I don't wish to know but I'm required to have the knowledge.

Who will she look to, Joshua? If Chrono would fail, what makes you think I would be any good. The bond the two of you share would be only thing left to defend her. Such a feeling is enough to move worlds and that is something you can have for yourself. Something no one else has.

[apostleofhope]

That's not true. Not anymore. The bond was broken a long time ago.

No one wants me. I'm damaged goods.

[swordofchrist]

I want you.

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[apostleofhope]

[apostleofhope]

To protect Rosette?

I'm the one that killed her.

[swordofchrist]

I want you because I love you, Joshua. The same reason I want Rosette and Azmaria and Mary and, yes, even Chrono. You're all equals in my eyes.

[apostleofhope]

Of course a priest would say that. I'm not so forgiving.

If you love them so much, then stay with them.

[swordofchrist]

But this isn't about them. This is about you.