as the sun shines through it pushes away and pushes ahead...
As she left the balconey, deep in thought, she bumped into Selphie, who was singing some song about train, skipping merrily down the corridor.
"Whoa! Sorry Selphie!" she said as she helped the petite brunette off the ground, where she'd fallen after running into the taller blonde.
"Thats okay. I was just on my way out onto the balconey. Gonna get some fresh air, ya know?" Selphie said tipping her head to the side slightly.
"Um..." Quistis had to make up some way to keep Selphie off the balconey, and fast. "Well, Selphie, I was actually working on a little suprise wedding present for Squall and Rinoa out there. Its gonna be a suprise for everybody, so you can't go out there." Quistis said, without a stutter.
"Oh...okay. I'll just go crack a window or something. See ya later Quis!" she said, then turned and started skipping the other direction. Quistis breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled, shaking her head at Selphie's happy-go-lucky attitude. Luckily it was Selphie she'd run into and not someone less gullible.
She picked up her purse, which had slipped off her shoulder during the collision, and continued down the hall and up the elevator, she was going to have a talk with Squall.
As she opened the door to his office he looked up from some papers he was apparently reading.
"Hello Quistis." he said, getting up from his chair.
Quistis smiled and walked in, Squall sure had become more welcoming since Rinoa.
"Hi Squall. I've been needing to talk to you about something." Quistis said.
"Oh? What is it?" he asked, taking his seat, then motioning for her to take a seat also.
Quistis sit in the reddish brown leather chair and continued. "Its about Seifer's sentence. Don't you think a life sentence is a bit unfair? He was hypnotized or possessed, or however you choose to put it." she said a bit unsurely. Squall's eyebrows raised as he became suprised.
"Quistis...I don't understand. Why are you defending Seifer? Didn't he try to kill you, as he did the rest of us? I have no feeling that life in jail is an unjust punishment for him." Squall said , arching an eyebrow.
"Squall...I just want you to consider easing up on him a bit." Quistis said.
"Theres nothing to 'consider'. As soon as I catch him he's going straight to prison." Squall said with a note of finalization in his voice. Quistis sighed.
"Squall, you're letting bitter feelings get in the way of good judgment. He's only 19, he doesn't deserve to be sentenced to jail for the rest of his life!" Quistis said. Squall stood up.
"Why have you suddenly come in here preaching to me about what is good judgement Quistis?! He was Ultimecia's little lap dog during Time Compression. He deserves what any other fool would deserve in his place. Being Seifer has nothing to do with it." he said.
Quistis stood up to meet his gaze. "You know very well it does. You know that it would just show Seifer how big and bad you are by locking him up! You not only want to put him back in his place, you're trying to put him below that. I think he understands his life is in your hands, you can stop being a tyrant!" Quistis said rather loudly.
"How would you know all this about him? You havent seen him for weeks! At least I think you havent seen him for weeks, have you?" Squall asked.
"Squall, all I ask is that you learn how to forgive. He's one year older than you. One year. Imagine your life being ripped from you, like you're doing to him. Would you be running from prison also? Just think about that." Quistis said, and turned to leave the office.
Just as she was turning the doorknob to leave, she heard a suspision in Squall's voice, "You never answered my question." he said. She paused, then left the room.
As she left the balconey, deep in thought, she bumped into Selphie, who was singing some song about train, skipping merrily down the corridor.
"Whoa! Sorry Selphie!" she said as she helped the petite brunette off the ground, where she'd fallen after running into the taller blonde.
"Thats okay. I was just on my way out onto the balconey. Gonna get some fresh air, ya know?" Selphie said tipping her head to the side slightly.
"Um..." Quistis had to make up some way to keep Selphie off the balconey, and fast. "Well, Selphie, I was actually working on a little suprise wedding present for Squall and Rinoa out there. Its gonna be a suprise for everybody, so you can't go out there." Quistis said, without a stutter.
"Oh...okay. I'll just go crack a window or something. See ya later Quis!" she said, then turned and started skipping the other direction. Quistis breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled, shaking her head at Selphie's happy-go-lucky attitude. Luckily it was Selphie she'd run into and not someone less gullible.
She picked up her purse, which had slipped off her shoulder during the collision, and continued down the hall and up the elevator, she was going to have a talk with Squall.
As she opened the door to his office he looked up from some papers he was apparently reading.
"Hello Quistis." he said, getting up from his chair.
Quistis smiled and walked in, Squall sure had become more welcoming since Rinoa.
"Hi Squall. I've been needing to talk to you about something." Quistis said.
"Oh? What is it?" he asked, taking his seat, then motioning for her to take a seat also.
Quistis sit in the reddish brown leather chair and continued. "Its about Seifer's sentence. Don't you think a life sentence is a bit unfair? He was hypnotized or possessed, or however you choose to put it." she said a bit unsurely. Squall's eyebrows raised as he became suprised.
"Quistis...I don't understand. Why are you defending Seifer? Didn't he try to kill you, as he did the rest of us? I have no feeling that life in jail is an unjust punishment for him." Squall said , arching an eyebrow.
"Squall...I just want you to consider easing up on him a bit." Quistis said.
"Theres nothing to 'consider'. As soon as I catch him he's going straight to prison." Squall said with a note of finalization in his voice. Quistis sighed.
"Squall, you're letting bitter feelings get in the way of good judgment. He's only 19, he doesn't deserve to be sentenced to jail for the rest of his life!" Quistis said. Squall stood up.
"Why have you suddenly come in here preaching to me about what is good judgement Quistis?! He was Ultimecia's little lap dog during Time Compression. He deserves what any other fool would deserve in his place. Being Seifer has nothing to do with it." he said.
Quistis stood up to meet his gaze. "You know very well it does. You know that it would just show Seifer how big and bad you are by locking him up! You not only want to put him back in his place, you're trying to put him below that. I think he understands his life is in your hands, you can stop being a tyrant!" Quistis said rather loudly.
"How would you know all this about him? You havent seen him for weeks! At least I think you havent seen him for weeks, have you?" Squall asked.
"Squall, all I ask is that you learn how to forgive. He's one year older than you. One year. Imagine your life being ripped from you, like you're doing to him. Would you be running from prison also? Just think about that." Quistis said, and turned to leave the office.
Just as she was turning the doorknob to leave, she heard a suspision in Squall's voice, "You never answered my question." he said. She paused, then left the room.