Run
Tabitha
I'll sing it one last time for you, then we really have to go...
-Miria
...
-Miria, we can't stay here, we've got to move.
I try uselessly to convince the guilt-stricken warrior to move.
You've been the only thing that's right, in all I've done...
-Mir...
-I...tried...I really tried, Tabitha. I just couldn't save them...
-Miria, you saved us. All seven of us left alive.
And I will repay that debt, even if it's the only thing I ever do right.
And I can barely look at you...
It hurt me, to see Miria like that, our admired captain, unable to see the good that she'd done.
But every single time I do, I know we'll make it anywhere away from here...
But there was still something, behind the guilt. A hardness, an ability to survive even the most impossible situations.
-Miria, if you don't pull yourself together, we'll all die, and Flora, Jean, Veronica, all their sacrifices will be in vain!
Light up, light up, as if you have a choice...
Her tears stopped immediately.
-Gather supplies. I don't know where we're going, but we might not have access to food.
Just as always, Miria knew exactly what to do.
Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear...
I stay close to her, watching her as she finds the sword of every warrior who fell in battle.
-I'm here, if you need me. I'll always be here.
I couldn't say it aloud, but Miria turned around, as if she could hear me.
-Thank you, Tabitha.
Louder, louder, and we'll run for our lives...
With the few supplies we needed, we left the destruction of Pieta behind us.
As we ran, we were almost always silent, everyone contemplating the life we would now live.
I can hardly speak, I understand, why you can't raise your voice to say...
Miria lead the way, not speaking even when one of us would ask what we were going to do.
I understood though.
If our fearless leader were to admit she didn't know what to do, then we would all fall to pieces.
Miria
To think I might not see those eyes, makes it so hard not to cry...
I knelt in the snow, unable to comprehend it.
Jean, Flora, Undine, Veronica, Eliza, Deana, friends and comrades I would never see again.
And as we say our long goodbye, I nearly do...
Prompted by the words of Deneve and Tabitha, I realised that I was taking too long.
Hiding my tears, I collected their swords. For each one, I pictured its owner, saying my final farewell to them all.
Light up, light up, as if you have a choice...
For the sake of the dead, and for those left I alive, I persevered.
I was, and still am, their leader. That will never change.
Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear...
With Tabitha always behind me, I felt stronger.
Her words, unsaid, but not unheard, helped me through that, the darkest day of my life.
Louder, louder, and we'll run for our lives...
I have no idea how far we ran that day.
My comrades were running for their lives.
I was running to escape the ghosts of the dead.
I can hardly speak, I understand, why you can't raise your voice to say...
I can never see them again.
I can never beg for their forgiveness.
With such thoughts in my mind, I couldn't talk, even when the others needed my help.
Slower, slower, we don't have time for that...
Eventually, fatigue set in.
My thoughts slowed, until they were drowned out by the thudding of my feet on ice and stone.
All I want is to find an easier way, to get out of our little heads...
But such methods can't empty my head permanently.
Now, every time I close my eyes, they are there, and I'm afraid, that I'll never be able to avenge them.
Tabitha
Have heart, my dear, we're bound to be afraid...
It's been days since Pieta, and Miria is still guilt-stricken.
All I can do is offer her small words of comfort, and hope that both that which is said, and that which is unsaid can help revive her.
Even if it's just for a few days, making up for all this mess...
I know that Miria is still in there.
I know that if I can help her, then she can save us all, and avenge our comrades.
I know, because Miria is the strongest person I have ever met, and the only person I have ever loved.
Light up, light up, as if you have a choice,
Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear...