I knew what I was doing. From the moment I raised my sword, I knew what I was doing. I promised I would help Felix. I swore to protect the world. Was that not the duty of an Adept?
It didn't make it any easier. It doesn't make looking at the aftermath any easier. Especially when I realized I had killed my own father. Again.
Jenna's crying. She hasn't cried in three years. But then again, she had her parents ripped away from her. Again. But this time it's worse. Before, it was a boulder… and the ineptitude of Garret and I that stole them from her. This time… it was a direct result of her hand. She fought just as hard as everyone else. More even… because she knew that after that last fight, she'd see her parent's again… heh… well, I suppose we both got our wish to see our parents.
I'm kneeling by my father's side. My dying father's side. It's the first time in three years I've seen him. He looked… different. Tired, but that's to be expected from a dying man. Older… but that could be from stress. His smile was the same, though. And he was smiling at me. He's proud of me… proud of who've I've become in his absence. Proud of my resolve. That makes this easier. Not by much, but it does.
Everyone is yelling, cursing the Wise One… No, that won't do. I do not quite understand why he did this, but he, too, was charged with a duty. He was doing all he could to stop us.
"That's enough…" I stood, looking up at the stormy sky. How fitting. I lost my father three years ago during a storm. Trust fate to be funny and make me lose him again during another. "I knew what I was doing the moment I raised my sword." Everyone quieted and looked at me. I turned to face them all. "We defied the Wise One in order to save the world. Our parent's would understand…" No one seemed convinced… except Felix, who nodded.
"Yes…" he murmured. "They would. After all… they did raise us to follow our beliefs." Somehow, he managed a smile. I returned a small one, before kneeling once again by my father's side. "Well, then… let's see the end of this journey." He looked everyone in the eyes, waiting for opposition.
When none came, he dropped the Mars Star into the Aerie.
Author's note:
Perhaps this should be mentioned… the reason for so many Golden Sun oneshots is that I'm replaying them. And I just finished Lost Age! Whoo~ I'm going to play Dark Dawn (again, wow, I've had the game for like a week and I'm replaying it XD) now that I've reminded myself about the world. Let's see how many call backs I missed the first time round!
Anyway, in case it wasn't clear, this takes place after fighting the Doom Dragon, but before the Mars Lighthouse was lit. I always found Isaac's line about knowing what he was doing confusing. It implies he knew he was fighting his father… but the dialogue before then implies he didn't… so I'm choosing to interpret the line as more of the "I was prepared for anything" instead of "I knew who I was fighting."
As for the lines of "ineptitude" and "killed my own father again"... well, its implied at the beginning that Garret and Isaac blame themselves for what happened. So… I figured that those feelings still lingered, even four years later.