Ifrit.
I know what will happen now, and I know you can't come back.
I know, because I killed Valefor. Do you hate me?
I hate me. I hate everything that has to do with this sick act.
Why? Why? There has to be another way.
Tidus gives me a look of sympathy.
But he cannot understand.
No one can understand.
I clench my rod tightly, hoping… hoping…
But you are no different.
Your eyes become black and fathomless, your roar promises pain.
The same claws that once protected me slice at Tidus.
"Please stop!!"
I should have just yelled at a wall.
Rikku jumps in, taking Tidus's spot.
She is silent, no smart remarks or giggles; she's serious. A rope made of fear wraps around my heart and pulls.
Auron charges you, and you fall. Your once elegant mane is matted and tattered. I refuse to shut my eyes, I will watch you vanish, I will watch you die… just like…
I want to drop it all here, just drop my rod and fling myself into the howling winds of crimson pain. It can't be much worse than this.
Please… make it stop.
