I really liked Maiden of the Moon's take on the seven sins with Rosette and Chrono. However, maybe because I'm a hopeless optimist, I'd rather see them in light of virtues than sins. So I decided to do my own set of short vignettes.

Of course, the seven virtues are represented in different ways according to different sources, so I have chosen these from a variety of sources.

Last I'd like to dedicate these to Maiden of the Moon for the inspiration. I am a very big fan and I recommend her fiction highly.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.
-Joseph Addison

Humility.

There is an irony here of course.

"Chrono you wet blanket!" Rosette has him in her famous headlock, and the young demons arms are waving everywhere. Anyone not knowing better would think them sister and brother, having a friendly spat.

Of course it's not anything like that.

He could of course get free. Easily. He could of course get away like the wind, slipping from her grasp. He is weakened in this form, but he could still overpower her of course. He is a devil still.

But he never does. He lets her ruffle his hair violently and pull him about like a stubborn dog on a leash.

Part of it is that he knows it comforts her to feel like the powerful one. When she is in control she feels as if she can handle anything that comes their way. She is the one making the calls, and nothing can go wrong. It's easy to ignore her unsure future and her fear then.

He loves her, and he wants her to be comforted.

Part of it is that he knows he deserves to be humiliated. He deserves to be humbled. For what he did to Mary Magdalene. For what he is doing to her. The only two he has ever loved, and he is capable only of destruction. That he could care for someone so much, and to only be able to aid her by taking a form that is slowly killing her.

He knows it is foolish, but some part of him imagines that if he allows himself to be so humbled, God will see how sorry he really is and spare her. He will save her.

He knows it is foolish, but somehow part of him hopes.

She needs to be strong, and his gift of love to her is that he will pretend to be weak.