Rikku's Interlude
Origonally Published 7.22.2006
ORIGONAL AUTHOR'S NOTE:
another interlude.ff 10 for a change, too. guess i got out of that seven rut for a little while. not sure if i'm happy with this one, but here it was. or there it was, or here it is or whatever. stephen king says a writer is most critical of their own work, and he's probably right, so you guys let me know what you all think.
Everything was different after I became a Guardian.
The world didn't change, or become magical or anything. I just understood, finally, why the Summoners do what they do. Pop had always said that they were sent by Yevon to die, just to make everyone happy for a little while. But that's not how it is at all.
Summoners go out to die because they choose to give everyone whatever happiness and safety they can, for as long as it will last.
Everything changed when I realized that.
It still makes me die inside when I think of what will happen to Yunie when this is all over, but I know that she's thought everything through. She wants to defeat Sin, wants to make everyone happy, wants to keep Spira's hope alive just a little while longer.
I don't' want her to go. I want it to be some other Guardian's Summoner that brings the Calm, so that I don't lose her, too.
But I know that when Yunie goes up against Sin, I'll be standing right next to her, helping bring happiness for a little while longer.
Because happiness for a little while is better than despair forever.