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Fire Emblem drabble:

"Androgynous"

by Avi

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"Is... That a girl?"

"No, that's Lucius. He's a monk, so he's definitely a man."

"But he looks just like a woman!"

"But he has a boy's name, so that makes him a man... Er, right?"

Lucius was used to comments like this, Raven knew, and had learned to ignore them. But Raven couldn't help but be annoyed on his friend's behalf... So whenever he overheard whisperings on what sex his companion might be, Raven only had to glare in their direction, before they fell silent.

Yet despite Raven's efforts, there were all sorts of outlandish theories about Lucius's gender floating around the army camp: He was actually a girl in disguise; his parents had wanted a boy and raised him as such, etc. etc... Raven had heard them all. And despite his efforts to quell such rumours, they still persisted.

But the most ridiculous rumour Raven had ever overheard, was whispered in awed tones by a girl's voice by the campfire... The reason that Lucius looked so feminine, she claimed, was because he had totally embraced St. Elimine's teachings; so much so that Lucius had become Elimine's avatar; an embodiment of the saint on earth.

Everybody had laughed after they had heard this theory, though, much to the annoyance of the anonymous gossiper.

But sometimes, as Raven watches Lucius's golden hair flash in the sunlight, almost like angelic halo... He wonders if that rumour might actually be true.

END

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This would've been my entry for the "rumours/gossip" challenge at FE Contest, if I didn't come up with the idea right before the deadline was up. XP (And yes, I know this story is just a rehash of the age-old FE7 fandom debate, "What sex is Lucius, really?")