Using Dictionary .com's December 1999 Word of the Day as basis for freehand thoughts and interactions of the Baron trio. Length and perspective both vary. Not intended to follow a single timeline. Kain, Rosa, and Cecil in various combinations.
Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV Author: Garnet Eyes Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com Last Updated: 26 Feb 2011 Summary: 25 December 1999 edition. Rating: K+ Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain Author Notes: beneficence, noun; 1. The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity. 2. A charitable gift or act. Disclaimers: Final Fantasy IV is owned by Square-Enix and I in no way, shape, or form profit off of my writing. This is simply for my own pleasure, and may at any time be removed and/or modified as I see fit.
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The noble children who needed no aid in their studies often scoffed at the adopted prince's open willingness to tutor those who asked. It wasn't that Cecil was trying to prove himself smarter than others, or earn any praise from his teachers, either; the short teen honestly wanted to help those in need. Kain held his tongue when faced with the derogatory comments about a lowborn tutoring highborns, if only because there was intense satisfaction involved in seeing the boys that had gone to Cecil do better than those who had not. The bloodless prince hadn't even really been trying to earn any respect from his peers, but he'd certainly gathered something of a following as the years went by.
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