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Rinoa's father is not happy that she and I are together. The man barely knows me, but yesterday evening when she decided that we might as well drop by and give him the news, he had what Selphie might describe as a 'massive coronary.'
"A Mercenary, Rinoa?"
He just screamed it. Right in front of me, which, Galbadian Army General back in good standing or not, shows a real lack of self-preservation instinct on his part. I know mercs who would have killed him for less. I'm not one of them, unfortunately, and I know that my girlfriend can take care of herself. Rinoa, bless her stubborn heart, pointed three things out to General Caraway:
1. She is eighteen now, and hasn't lived under his roof for three years.
2. She is a trained warrior with access to powerful Garden-owned Guardian Forces and the opportunity to kick his ass would, at this stage of her life, be therapeutic in many ways.
3. SeeDs were good enough for his ill-conceived assassination attempt last year.
I could have kissed her right there. In hindsight, I should have. It really would have pissed her old man off. I was brave enough to smile at her, at least. It's so much easier to smile now. I guess all I ever needed was a reason.
General Caraway still despises me, but I can't find it in myself to care. I think that he believes she's only doing it to rebel or some theory of parenting thing like that. That I'm a phase that she'll outgrow. Whatever. Rinoa looks at me and in her eyes are a million promises and all of a sudden nothing else matters.
"A Mercenary, Rinoa?"
He just screamed it. Right in front of me, which, Galbadian Army General back in good standing or not, shows a real lack of self-preservation instinct on his part. I know mercs who would have killed him for less. I'm not one of them, unfortunately, and I know that my girlfriend can take care of herself. Rinoa, bless her stubborn heart, pointed three things out to General Caraway:
1. She is eighteen now, and hasn't lived under his roof for three years.
2. She is a trained warrior with access to powerful Garden-owned Guardian Forces and the opportunity to kick his ass would, at this stage of her life, be therapeutic in many ways.
3. SeeDs were good enough for his ill-conceived assassination attempt last year.
I could have kissed her right there. In hindsight, I should have. It really would have pissed her old man off. I was brave enough to smile at her, at least. It's so much easier to smile now. I guess all I ever needed was a reason.
General Caraway still despises me, but I can't find it in myself to care. I think that he believes she's only doing it to rebel or some theory of parenting thing like that. That I'm a phase that she'll outgrow. Whatever. Rinoa looks at me and in her eyes are a million promises and all of a sudden nothing else matters.