Final Connection

[in_yo_veda]

[Backdated a little to just after For the Future.]

I hope you didn't all forget about me during Setsuna and Kira's showboating

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[gundam_savior]

Tieria...

[ Guess who's feeling guilty as hell right about now. Too bad he can't think of anything coherent to say. ]

[in_yo_veda]

[A voice echoes in Setsuna's mind]

Setsuna...

Do you understand better now? Why I couldn't stop your fight with Kira?

[gundam_savior]

[ Setsuna is hardly concerned with that right now. He tries to reach back to the voice... ]

I let you die, Tieria. Even if... even if you're in Veda, I still...

[ Even his thoughts are a mess, it seems. He can barely pull anything intelligible together. ]

[in_yo_veda]

Please. I'll be offended if you just kill me off like that.

As much as I love being a human, I'm glad to be an Innovade. I was able to help everyone this much, and I can go on as part of Veda.

[gundam_savior]

[ He wants to laugh, but it still hurts to. ]

Are you satisfied then, Tieria? Have you found happiness for yourself in this way? If that's the case, I suppose things turned out alright.

[ He doesn't sound too sure of that, though. ]

[in_yo_veda]

Setsuna...

I am happy. For everything that has happened.

[gundam_savior]

That makes me glad. Tieria, I'm--

[ His voice cracks over the connection. He tries again. ]

I'm grateful, that we could be friends and comrades. That we could share that bit of humanity between us, despite circumstances.

Thank you, Tieria, for being alive.

[in_yo_veda]

And thank you, Setsuna, for doing the same, despite all you've been burdened with.

Now if it's not too presumptuous, I'd like to ask one more thing of you.

[gundam_savior]

Anything.

[in_yo_veda]

[To emphasize his point, an illusory vision of Tieria appears to Setsuna]

You have a gift for understanding people. I don't just mean your power - Innovation is an expansion of something innate to you, and that's your ability to be there for others.

I know your life was and is full of pain, but...please, use that gift. Fight as you must, but when you can, talk things over and come to terms with people. Forcing peace with arms was never possible, and never will be. Please, Setsuna...when you can, use your heart as well as your sword.