"Hello, Paine." Auron said calmly.
Paine was stunned. This man couldn't be her father...he had died! She could barely remember the day Kinoc told her...but he was dead! But...she didn't see him at the Farplane...could it be possible that this really WAS her father?
She reached out and touched him. He was real.
"Dad?"
"Paine."
Paine gasped. She hugged Auron and began crying.
"Daddy! It's you! I knew you couldn't be dead! You wouldn't just die after going so far! I have...so much to tell you!"
"Paine…you're half right."
Paine stopped.
"Huh?"
"I have become an unsent. I too, have much to tell you. But not now. I have a promise to fulfill for a friend," he said.
"What happened? How did you die?" Paine said, surprised.
"I'm sure Kinoc has told you the story of Lady Yunalesca." Paine nodded. "When we reached Zanarkand, she was there waiting for us. An unsent, like I am now. She told us the secret of the Final Aeon...the purpose of a guardian is to become the Final Aeon. Yunalesca kills them. They become a fayth, and then the summoner defeats Sin. It is an endless spiral of death. I...could not accept Braska's death. So I went back to Zanarkand...and Yunalesca killed me."
Paine absorbed this, then spoke. "But even if you were unsent, where did you go? Couldn't you come back?"
"I had to fulfill my promise. One of Braska's guardians was a man from 1000 years ago...from Zanarkand. He asked me to watch over his son. I can't really explain it, but I rode Sin to Zanarkand...and I watched the boy as if he were you. I'm...sorry I was gone so long." He truly sounded sorry, too.
"But then why are you here?"
"I had to see you again. I'll have to go back very soon, but no matter what happens, you'll always be my daughter. Always."
Paine smiled.
"I better hurry back to that big mansion over there…Kinoc will get so MAD, since I'm already late."
"Why were you late in the first place?"
Paine blushed. She giggled a bit.
"Well, let's say that hypothetically, there is a guy..."
Auron rolled his eyes, though Paine couldn't see him doing it.
"It figures. I'll bring you there. Kinoc won't be mad when you tell him you were talking to me."
"Thanks, dad."
"I'd like to know instead...who this boy is."
A/N: Eeek. Tension. Oo Love the Baraine, for it is your master.
Paine was stunned. This man couldn't be her father...he had died! She could barely remember the day Kinoc told her...but he was dead! But...she didn't see him at the Farplane...could it be possible that this really WAS her father?
She reached out and touched him. He was real.
"Dad?"
"Paine."
Paine gasped. She hugged Auron and began crying.
"Daddy! It's you! I knew you couldn't be dead! You wouldn't just die after going so far! I have...so much to tell you!"
"Paine…you're half right."
Paine stopped.
"Huh?"
"I have become an unsent. I too, have much to tell you. But not now. I have a promise to fulfill for a friend," he said.
"What happened? How did you die?" Paine said, surprised.
"I'm sure Kinoc has told you the story of Lady Yunalesca." Paine nodded. "When we reached Zanarkand, she was there waiting for us. An unsent, like I am now. She told us the secret of the Final Aeon...the purpose of a guardian is to become the Final Aeon. Yunalesca kills them. They become a fayth, and then the summoner defeats Sin. It is an endless spiral of death. I...could not accept Braska's death. So I went back to Zanarkand...and Yunalesca killed me."
Paine absorbed this, then spoke. "But even if you were unsent, where did you go? Couldn't you come back?"
"I had to fulfill my promise. One of Braska's guardians was a man from 1000 years ago...from Zanarkand. He asked me to watch over his son. I can't really explain it, but I rode Sin to Zanarkand...and I watched the boy as if he were you. I'm...sorry I was gone so long." He truly sounded sorry, too.
"But then why are you here?"
"I had to see you again. I'll have to go back very soon, but no matter what happens, you'll always be my daughter. Always."
Paine smiled.
"I better hurry back to that big mansion over there…Kinoc will get so MAD, since I'm already late."
"Why were you late in the first place?"
Paine blushed. She giggled a bit.
"Well, let's say that hypothetically, there is a guy..."
Auron rolled his eyes, though Paine couldn't see him doing it.
"It figures. I'll bring you there. Kinoc won't be mad when you tell him you were talking to me."
"Thanks, dad."
"I'd like to know instead...who this boy is."
A/N: Eeek. Tension. Oo Love the Baraine, for it is your master.