A/N: Here is the second drabble for the second chapter!
he who prepares to pull the trigger
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Power.
And the willingness to use it.
And he didn't have a child's mentality to blind him.
'One who pulls the trigger,' he said, and he believed it, even if he hadn't quite been prepared, 'must be willing to die by that trigger too.'
Though when the blood splatters his face, he freezes in mingled horror and shock.
And when he remembers in a more innocent scene, bile rises up in his throat.
But he has it now. He has power. His weakness is that he is too soft but he can change: become harder.
He has the power now.
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Resolve.
That was what he needed. Or needed to fortify.
Truthfully, he thought he already had his resolve. His hatred for Britannia. The ones who slaughtered his mother, crippled his sister.
Yes, he already had his resolve. He simply needed to get rid of that weakness of his. To push forward without hesitation in front or regret on his back.
Resolveā¦and knowledge as well.
He could not walk blind. He couldn't risk walking blind. Because he couldn't lose before Britannia was in checkmate.
And he could not ignore what happened in front of him.
Because he was still too soft.
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Nunnally.
She was his reason. His reason for striving for a peaceful world beyond revenge.
Maybe, without her, he might not even have been able to strive for revenge.
He didn't need anybody besides Nunnally.
But his power alone wasn't enough to make her ideal world.
He needed some pawns.
