Prompt: 023. Family
Words: 92 words
Disclaimer: Tales of the Abyss and its characters belong to Namco-Bandai, not me.

Institution

Sync's never known what it's like to have a family. The experience, the knowledge, of it is something which is a complete mystery to him that he can't comprehend any aspect of the entire institution.

He sees parents expressing love to their children, scolding them when they're bad, treating them nicely when they behave. And it leaves him with the painful knowledge that it's something that he's never known.

Left to fend for himself.

It made him feel that much more passionate when it came to Ion, and the family that he wanted with him.

FIN.