Never

Author's note: In Final Fantasy X, in one of the Jecht Spheres, it is revealed that Auron was once a warrior monk. He fell into disgrace due to his refusal to marry the high priest's daughter. That is what this story is about.

You asked me to marry your daughter.

You said that I would be a good husband for her, and that we would be happy together.

Oh, but I know the real reason you asked.

For I know that she does not love me, nor I her. Her heart belongs to another.

Unfortunately for her, you did not approve. And it's not hard to figure out why.

I'm sure the first time you saw them together, you nearly had a heart attack. And then I'm sure you could already picture in your mind the scandal that would occur if it ever were found out that the daughter of a high priest of Yevon were in love with an Al Bhed.

Yes, I know that most people dislike the Al Bhed. And I can understand some of the reasons why.

That doesn't mean that I agree with them. Al Bhed are people, even if they use the forbidden machina, and deserve to be treated as such. And yet you see them as beneath you.

You wanted to avoid what in your mind was a disaster. And what better way to do it than a forced marriage?

So you chose me. I was of the right age, I worked to protect the temple, and I was in all ways an upstanding young man, right?

But, as I said, I know all of your unspoken reasons. I will not help you force her to marry someone she does not love. Never.

Why? For one thing, part of the reason you looked upon me as possible son-in-law material was my strong sense of morals, was it not? However, these very morals will keep me from doing what I know deep within me to be wrong.

For another, I see nothing wrong with the one your daughter loves. I know that he is Al Bhed, but what does that mean, really? Although I fight to protect your temple, I never really understood how machina could truly be the cause of all the evils in Spira. Perhaps the Al Bhed are not as wrong as we think.

Of course, I cannot say this aloud, or I would be denounced as a heathen.

Still, I will most likely lose any respect I ever held in the eyes of the temple for what I will do.

But that won't change what my answer is, and will always be.

"No. Never."