*looks down*
It was... Tseng after all.
Basch. I'm... really glad you are back. Please... stay that way, don't do anything a royal guard wouldn't do. I...
... I....
Would you please check on Celine for me? I... I have matters I have to attend to. Also...
Will you watch over Vaan? And Razzy?
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Basch. I'm... really glad you are back. Please... stay that way, don't do anything a royal guard wouldn't do. I...
... I....
Would you please check on Celine for me? I... I have matters I have to attend to. Also...
Will you watch over Vaan? And Razzy?
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I won't allow that to happen.
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I have to protect you all, Celine and Razzy as well, that man has hurted people I care for, you, Celine, Reno.
I can't allow it to continue Basch, I'm sorry, I... I will be fine.
...It's not like I don't know death anyway, he can't hurt me Basch.
I'm... sorry.
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... You... care for me too? Even if that is the case, I will not allow him to hurt people I care for.
*snorts slightly* Reks, arrogance will get you nowhere in life. I recall, I said that to you, and then I died.
...
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I... if you fall, I will catch you.
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...I can't fear what I already know, Basch.
Even if I fall... I'll be sure to leave a mark. I don't want to be that weak soldier I was when you met me. I wasn't able to protect you then and I wasn't able to protect you now. I'm not worthy of your catching arms.
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When I met you, Reks, you were a strong, brave soldier. You have grown since then, and you have become even better. It was I who could not protect you then, not the other way around. You are worthy. Should the worst happen, I will always be there for you.
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No, it was my duty then to protect you. I...
...Thank you Basch. For everything. Do watch over Vaan if something happens to me, in case... In case I don't get back since I've reached the mansion already-...
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*laughs* How was that so? I... tried to get you out alive. That was my intention.
Reks... please don't do it. Nothing is going to happen to you.
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But it was my duty as a soldier to protect the Captain.
...I will protect you, I will defend you all, I have to.
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If you insist. But you should think about your life before your comrades; if you spend all your time looking out for them, then something is bound to happen to you.
Why do you think you have to?
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That is not how a soldier should think, how I fighter should think. I fight to defend the ones I love. It was like that in the beginning, it is like that now.
It's my duty to protect the ones I love, it is what I want to fight for.
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One never knows when a stray arrow, or an impersonator, or anything might come along...
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...Indeed.
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Consider this my way of... trying to look out for the people I care about..
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...Never die again, Basch. Never. I failed when I did back in Ivalice, dead... Dead I'm not good to anyone. Dead I can't help Vaan. I couldn't protect him. I wanted to fight for him, for his hometown, for his safety. And I ended up losing both.
I don't want to lose him. I don't want to lose you.
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*shakes his head, and smirks* I will try to avoid it... only because you asked so nicely. No-one's any good to anyone when they are dead. I only caused you worry and grief.
... You aren't going to lose me. Or Vaan. You are a good brother to him, you won't let anything bad befall him. And I won't let anything bad befall you.
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