Song: Square One, Coldplay
Focal Character(s): Zelos
The first time the thought crossed his mind, Zelos actually laughed. Since when had he ever had any control over his life? He was the Chosen. He had practically been born in order to be used. Whether by the church, by the nobility, by the king, by the world, he existed for other people to use him.
Yeah, he played the role, and he played it well. He knew exactly what he was supposed to do. And yeah, he used other people just as much as they used him. But the idea that he didn't want to be used anymore? That he could do something about it? Ridiculous.
That was the way he thought, until he met them. Somehow, for all those years, he'd missed it. Yeah, he was being used, and he used people, but he somehow hadn't realized that there were other people like him. People who were lost and hurt and lonely like the self he packed away inside his hollow shell. People who just wanted somebody to listen to them.
Oddly enough, they were the people who listened to him. They were a ragtag bunch all right, but somehow, they made him one of them. And for the first time, Zelos found that not only did he not want to be used, but he didn't want to use them either.