Tales of the Abyss is copyrighted to Namco. The second drabble features Synch and Arietta.
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Synch the Tempest wasn't afraid of anything, but she supposed she could understand why that was. Major Legretta had once told her that his disturbing desire to make others suffer made it painfully easy to rip people apart, and even easier to enjoy it.
The woman had said that, because he had no sympathy, he had no fear. Arietta could understand why Synch wasn't afraid of anything… maybe, everyone had always been afraid of him.
Everyone, including herself.
Little Arietta clutched at the doll in her arms, searching for some protection in the twisted smile it offered. There was a drop in her stomach, and her throat felt dry. Images of what he might do on this mission had flashed inside her mind, and she wanted to vomit. The urge to run welling inside her, Arietta tightened her grip on the doll, thinking what she always did when she was scared.
'I wish Ion was here…'
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I wanted to explore the evils of Synch, who I always found kind of interesting (but only if there was a 39 foot pole between the two of us). I had to get some IonXArietta in there too, and it just seemed like a fitting ending. o: