Miranda has always been a pessimist, but she has been slowly changing her outlook. She never thought she was of any use or had any value to anyone else (or even to herself), but she is slowly changing her mind.
For a woman who has always been in the wrong place at the wrong time, who has nothing but failure to reflect on, and has never done anything worth while, it is odd to think that she has been perfect the entire time.
I do not own -Man
Perfect
The Definition of Perfect:
Brought to consummation or completeness. Completed. Not defective nor redundant. Having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind. Without flaw fault, or blemish. Without error. Mature. Whole. Pure. Sound. Right, Correct.
To make perfect. To finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting. To give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
We waited so long for you, Miranda dear. But as we are all, in a sense, Time made tangible we find that the passing of years, decades, or even that of centuries, means very little to any of us. As Time we are infinite, as is our patience.
As we are the power of change, of second chances, and frozen moments we were drawn to you because you were stagnating, because of your sense of uselessness, and because of your endless list of regrets. Being yours, we have granted you the power to halt and repair what is, or might otherwise become, useless, forever damaged, or injured beyond all hope of salvation. Your past may be full of regrets, but we have given you the power to, hopefully, keep from ever again experiencing that feeling.
Of the countless that have come across us, no other has so intimately understood regret or so desperately wished to change time because of it. Thus, it is easy for us to see why all of us are so compatible with you: A woman who, in the whole of her life, has never accomplished anything of note and was certain that that would never change. Granted, without us, it is very likely that your predictions would have been only too accurate.
Another of the reasons that you are so very perfect for us is that you are so willing to give without question, to protect with no thought for your own wellbeing. Even as such an incredible power as Time none of us possess offensive capabilities. This is why we needed one who wanted to be a shield at any cost.
There are so many reasons that you, Miranda Lotte, are perfect for us. You are perfect for us because you would heedlessly put yourself between a comrade and any blade or bullet. You would happily die of exhaustion if it meant giving your fellows a moment more of life. You are perfect for us because, gladly, you take on everyone else's wounds and mistakes if only to allow them a few more seconds on the battlefield- if only to give those precious to you but one breath more.
We know that you don't think you're worthy of an Innocence such as us, but we will prove that you are so very wrong, dear one. Everything is lost or sacrificed to time, eventually. Oddly enough, you who had never before possessed anything to sacrifice, or at least nothing worthy of sacrifice, can appreciate what it truly means to sacrifice better than any other we have known. After all those years of nothing worth sacrifice, your life is suddenly full of nothing but things far too precious to sacrifice. You are more than worthy of us because only one who has known the agony of never experiencing or doing anything worthwhile could possess the courage and resolve necessary to both protect and let go of anything worth everything.
You know it's true. Even when you knew that you couldn't do anything even remotely well you kept trying. It takes such strength to continue on a path you know forever leads to nowhere. It takes immense courage and resolve to try your best knowing that you will always fail.
These things tell us that no matter how exhausted, how hopeless- no matter how many you hold onto but must let die in the end- that no matter how much pain you must return to those you protect… No matter what happens you will not give up. In this way you are incapable of failing. And in this regard you rather remind us of Allen Walker.
We know that nothing we say will convince you of how perfect you are for us- with us. After all, self-worth can only be given to you by you. Yet, this situation is fine with us because we know how unique, and valiant, and absolutely perfect you are, and that's all that matters. It's fine that you doubt yourself and your abilities because that is part of why we chose you. It is also part of why you are able to endure the power we have given you.
Innocence can only grant great power to those who are capable of enduring great pain and are also willing to do so. You have always been willing, almost to the point of masochism. Your continuous cycle of try and fail clearly shows that you have always been willing to live in constant pain. More often than not you will suffer mentally, rather than physically, but the mind can cause pain unlike any other. Always remember that we chose you because we know that you have the power to survive- a power that has always been yours and dependant on no other. We chose you because just as Time never truly stops, we know that you never will either.
Thank you, Miranda.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~Winston Churchill.
Please review! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far. I really appreciate it. I believe Kanda and Mugen are next! And yes, I agree with those of you who've mentioned it- I don't any of the chapters will ever be as great as chapter one. I'm going to keep writing these Exorcist/Innocence one-shot, whatever-they-are chapters until I get bored., or at least until I find inspiration for The Odyssey of Allen Walker. Anywho, thank you everyone fo reading! I'm so glad eveyone seems to like it so far.
