Hohenheim sat in thought for a great while before saying, “I refuse.”
Kaze was taken aback, “What?”
“My knowledge is nothing more than that of a very old man who has made more mistakes than I like to admit. I cannot help without condemning myself or the sons I love to a horrible fate.”
“If you don’t help, then you may as well condemn them to a horrible fate,” Kaze said, “Even mistakes can be corrected. The worlds are in danger, and their lives and yours hang in the balance.”
“My life is of no more meaning to me. It will end, and end soon. And I have tampered too greatly with the inner workings of the world. To do more would do more harm than any possible good.”
Kaze finally got up and yelled, “How can you even be saying this?! Your CHILDREN are at stake! Ed can’t even mention your name without seething hatred, you abandoned him before, and you’re abandoning him now, and still you claim to care about him? How can you live with yourself?!”
Hohenheim looked down, “I have learned that when I act, even in the best of intentions, I cannot set things right. The search for the Philosopher’s Stone and the creation of the monster Envy from my first son prove this. My sins are too immense to be forgiven, and even abandoning the children I love so dearly pales before them. I don’t expect you to understand, but I sincerely hope that you are never in a situation where you find yourself unable to be beside the ones you love most in the world when they are in pain.”
Kaze felt his heart roil at the accusation, and said, “And I sincerely hope that, if I were in that situation, and someone gave me the same offer I am giving you, that I will accept it, even if the cost of it was my soul.” And with that, Kaze left the coffee house, disappointed.
However, mixed in the disappointment was the worry that, someday, he might find himself in the situation Hohenheim was in.
He thought of Hino and Koori and his promises to them, and his worry increased.
Kaze was taken aback, “What?”
“My knowledge is nothing more than that of a very old man who has made more mistakes than I like to admit. I cannot help without condemning myself or the sons I love to a horrible fate.”
“If you don’t help, then you may as well condemn them to a horrible fate,” Kaze said, “Even mistakes can be corrected. The worlds are in danger, and their lives and yours hang in the balance.”
“My life is of no more meaning to me. It will end, and end soon. And I have tampered too greatly with the inner workings of the world. To do more would do more harm than any possible good.”
Kaze finally got up and yelled, “How can you even be saying this?! Your CHILDREN are at stake! Ed can’t even mention your name without seething hatred, you abandoned him before, and you’re abandoning him now, and still you claim to care about him? How can you live with yourself?!”
Hohenheim looked down, “I have learned that when I act, even in the best of intentions, I cannot set things right. The search for the Philosopher’s Stone and the creation of the monster Envy from my first son prove this. My sins are too immense to be forgiven, and even abandoning the children I love so dearly pales before them. I don’t expect you to understand, but I sincerely hope that you are never in a situation where you find yourself unable to be beside the ones you love most in the world when they are in pain.”
Kaze felt his heart roil at the accusation, and said, “And I sincerely hope that, if I were in that situation, and someone gave me the same offer I am giving you, that I will accept it, even if the cost of it was my soul.” And with that, Kaze left the coffee house, disappointed.
However, mixed in the disappointment was the worry that, someday, he might find himself in the situation Hohenheim was in.
He thought of Hino and Koori and his promises to them, and his worry increased.
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