Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Sacrifice and any of its characters.


I calmly walked over towards my fallen partner. Each step felt heavier than the last. I never wanted this. I should have just kept to myself. I shouldn't have gotten personal. I shouldn't have…

As I stood over her, she just stared at me with eyes pleading for relief. Reluctantly, I raised my arm and started surging power. I could feel her essence flowing into myself.

It felt sickening.

What was I doing?

Before I even noticed, I started giving her energy. She looked at me, confused by my actions. She wasn't alone in that. In one final burst, I finished transferring half of my energy, leaving me exhausted.

"Why?" She asked, her eyes painted with pain and confusion. "Why did you save me? Does this not make it harder?" There were tears in her eyes. And once more I am reminded why I could not do it.

Sortiara was precious to me.

"Why?!" She sent a wave of ice towards me, as she did earlier. But unlike earlier, I didn't move a muscle, partly because I was tired from the earlier bout and partly because of the energy transfer, but mostly because I couldn't bring myself to… "Dodge damn you!" She sent another blast of ice towards me.

I was flung to a pillar, but I couldn't bring myself to care despite the pain. I just looked back up at her and saw that she had summoned her Giant's Arm and started hitting me repeatedly. I just took all of it because that was all that I could do.

"Damn you!" She cursed at me with every hit, even as the Giant's Arm dispelled. Eventually, her hits started getting weak and her tears developed soft sobs. "Why?" She whimpered as she clutched my raiment and hid her face against my chest, desperate for an answer. "Why are you making it so hard?"

Weakly, I raised my hand and put a hand on her back. She raised her head to look at me, confusion evident in her eyes. And just as I had done when I saw her cry, I softly caressed her back.

And just like that, the metaphorical dam broke and she started wailing as she held on to me for dear life.

As I continued my ministrations, my resolve only strengthened: I would never be able to kill her. She became dear to me, and, if the way she was acting was any indication, I to her.

But the truth, always so cruel, was right outside the Abbey. Avalon, and their judgment was waiting for an outcome. And with that kind of revelation, what are we to do?


Soul Sacrifice is a great game with a great story. The only gripe I've had with it was when Sortiara died after bonding with her. And to make matters worse, they saw it fit to show me her thoughts after I already killed her. I get it! I'm a monster! You don't have to make me go on a damned feel'd trip to the Feelippines!

xxxYin-Yangxxx out.