Interlude: Blue Laguna
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Kiros stood outside the locked door of Laguna's quarters, leaning against the wall and trying to come up with some way to talk things through. They'd left medical just a few minutes after Ellone and Rinoa had, and things had only gone downhill from there.
"Laguna, I know you can hear me," Kiros said with a slight sigh.
"And," a sulky voice shot back.
"Would you try looking at this without being angry for a few moments? For Ellone, at least?"
"Who says I'm angry?"
"Anyone who knows you," Kiros pointed out. "You might not be yelling or screaming, but you're fuming inside."
"Wonder why that is?"
"Laguna, do you remember when we were back in the service in Galbadia?"
"Yeah."
"Then you've got to remember our recon missions, don't you? When we had to sit on any information we had until we knew it was accurate?"
"Mhm."
"Now, think about what happened today. What would your first three responses have been if we'd told you what we'd found out?"
"What's that matter?"
"You may not know Squall too well yet; not that that's your fault; but you have to know how badly he might react to this."
"What are you talking about?"
"If we had told you that Rinoa might actually be your daughter, instead of Caraway's, one of the first things you would have done is to go to Squall and tell him, isn't it?"
"Well, yeah, maybe, but.."
"This is something he needs to hear from Rinoa and Ellone. You know that, don't you?"
"I guess so."
"We couldn't take the chance that you would tell Squall before we could, and we weren't even sure if it was true. If we'd told you beforehand, and you'd told Squall, and it turned out that Julia was wrong, it would probably have closed off what's left of your relationship with Squall. We were trying to do what was best so that the least possible damage would be done."
"Kiros.."
"Laguna," Kiros said, knowing he was probably one step short of being told to go away, and wanting to get this last part in while he could, "I can't blame you for being upset with me. Just don't take it out on Ellone, all right? I didn't tell her until we were on the plane here anyways."
"Look," Laguna began, remarkably calmly. "Maybe we do need to talk. Just. not now, all right?"
"All right," Kiros agreed, nodding needlessly. "And Laguna. don't beat yourself up about the way things went, back then. I don't think they could have gone any differently."
"Not so sure," Laguna replied. "But thanks, anyway." Shaking his head slightly, Kiros started back towards medical. Hopefully, Rinoa and Ellone were doing better..
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Kiros stood outside the locked door of Laguna's quarters, leaning against the wall and trying to come up with some way to talk things through. They'd left medical just a few minutes after Ellone and Rinoa had, and things had only gone downhill from there.
"Laguna, I know you can hear me," Kiros said with a slight sigh.
"And," a sulky voice shot back.
"Would you try looking at this without being angry for a few moments? For Ellone, at least?"
"Who says I'm angry?"
"Anyone who knows you," Kiros pointed out. "You might not be yelling or screaming, but you're fuming inside."
"Wonder why that is?"
"Laguna, do you remember when we were back in the service in Galbadia?"
"Yeah."
"Then you've got to remember our recon missions, don't you? When we had to sit on any information we had until we knew it was accurate?"
"Mhm."
"Now, think about what happened today. What would your first three responses have been if we'd told you what we'd found out?"
"What's that matter?"
"You may not know Squall too well yet; not that that's your fault; but you have to know how badly he might react to this."
"What are you talking about?"
"If we had told you that Rinoa might actually be your daughter, instead of Caraway's, one of the first things you would have done is to go to Squall and tell him, isn't it?"
"Well, yeah, maybe, but.."
"This is something he needs to hear from Rinoa and Ellone. You know that, don't you?"
"I guess so."
"We couldn't take the chance that you would tell Squall before we could, and we weren't even sure if it was true. If we'd told you beforehand, and you'd told Squall, and it turned out that Julia was wrong, it would probably have closed off what's left of your relationship with Squall. We were trying to do what was best so that the least possible damage would be done."
"Kiros.."
"Laguna," Kiros said, knowing he was probably one step short of being told to go away, and wanting to get this last part in while he could, "I can't blame you for being upset with me. Just don't take it out on Ellone, all right? I didn't tell her until we were on the plane here anyways."
"Look," Laguna began, remarkably calmly. "Maybe we do need to talk. Just. not now, all right?"
"All right," Kiros agreed, nodding needlessly. "And Laguna. don't beat yourself up about the way things went, back then. I don't think they could have gone any differently."
"Not so sure," Laguna replied. "But thanks, anyway." Shaking his head slightly, Kiros started back towards medical. Hopefully, Rinoa and Ellone were doing better..