[ Eventually the fire starts to go down and Hak knows if he doesn't put some more wood on it, it's going to go out. Gently, he scoops her up in his arms and carries her in his arms to gather a couple of logs. When she stirs from the movement he quietly shushes her to soothe her back to sleep.
When he's finally got the fire going again, he settles both of them back down on the ground, Yona on his lap with her head cradled against his chest. Stroking her hair, his lips caressed her forehead before he spoke quietly. He's not sure if she can hear but the words still come out. ]
You'll be okay. I promise. You're the strongest person I know and you struggle and struggle. For me. For our dragons. For Yoon.
For everyone in Kouka.
I can't forgive him. But you...keep moving forward.
[ In the past, during moments like these, she's definitely been asleep. This time, though--although she's definitely quiet and still--she's awake and listening... and really, she can hear him all the better for having an ear pressed right up against his chest.
She doesn't feel strong right now. Right now, she feels--not weak, precisely, but nothing feels quite real. Being like this with him--she feels good. Warm, safe--comfortable. But this is a place that is anything but. And on the other hand, everything that he's told her--about Soo-won at least--that feels... impossible. Fuzzy and distant. To hear someone as strong as him praising her for her strength and resilience--that, too, feels as though the world has flipped itself on its head.
She curls into him a little more, pressing her face against his shoulder. ]
[ He reaches over and takes her hand, lifting it to kiss the back of it before resting both hands between the two of them. He doesn’t let go of his hold. ]
I think it’s your turn. Unless you’d rather I do it.
[ That said--she navigates the phones menus to activate the next memory with more than a little trepidation. What will she see?
It's not so bad--although I'm having trouble getting the source to pull up and I can't tell if it's my net connection or if the website is down. BASICALLY the chunk of time they're in the cave after Princess Tao's hideaway palace burns down. ]
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When he's finally got the fire going again, he settles both of them back down on the ground, Yona on his lap with her head cradled against his chest. Stroking her hair, his lips caressed her forehead before he spoke quietly. He's not sure if she can hear but the words still come out. ]
You'll be okay. I promise. You're the strongest person I know and you struggle and struggle. For me. For our dragons. For Yoon.
For everyone in Kouka.
I can't forgive him. But you...keep moving forward.
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She doesn't feel strong right now. Right now, she feels--not weak, precisely, but nothing feels quite real. Being like this with him--she feels good. Warm, safe--comfortable. But this is a place that is anything but. And on the other hand, everything that he's told her--about Soo-won at least--that feels... impossible. Fuzzy and distant. To hear someone as strong as him praising her for her strength and resilience--that, too, feels as though the world has flipped itself on its head.
She curls into him a little more, pressing her face against his shoulder. ]
You never praise me this much.
[ And there's that, too. ]
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In the past, maybe.
[ Change is inevitable after all they have been through together. ]
I guess it's a relatively recent thing. You've gotten pretty cool.
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[ However, that's not a criticism. It's not as though she'd done much before recently to deserve being praised--as selfish and silly as she was. ]
I could get used to it. Does that mean I'll need to keep getting cooler?
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[ She just gets better and better. Right now, she just needs his support. He's not going anywhere.]
I'm sorry everything happened like this.
[It's not his fault. But still. This wasn't easy to break to her. ]
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I asked you to tell me, didn't I? You didn't do anything wrong. If anything... if you hadn't told me... I would have been upset.
[ Although she is still hoping against hope that somehow he'll be proved wrong. ]
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It's not going to be easy no matter how you found out. Still, I stand by knowing that hearing it from me would make it easier.
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Do we keep going?
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I'll leave that up to you. If you want to move forward and learn more, we can stay right here.
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I'd like to learn more.
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I think it’s your turn. Unless you’d rather I do it.
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[ That said--she navigates the phones menus to activate the next memory with more than a little trepidation. What will she see?
It's not so bad--although I'm having trouble getting the source to pull up and I can't tell if it's my net connection or if the website is down. BASICALLY the chunk of time they're in the cave after Princess Tao's hideaway palace burns down. ]