[There's a broken sob as Akira wraps his arms back around her. No, no, it's so familiar, so much like her final memory of Sigma in the garden as her entire body fell apart...]
I... I broke the First Law... Six innocent people died, and I did nothing...
I... I deserve this.
[To be stuck somewhere where all she can do is watch while more innocents die...
[. . . despite everything, he believes that. he, who also believes in doing everything possible to help other people, regardless of the cost or consequences, finds that he's unable and unwilling to judge her for the actions she took. he can only imagine how complicated Luna's feelings had been at the time. how painful it had been to watch, to want to help, while all the while fearing death. maybe. . . maybe it would've been better overall for her to act earlier, but--]
[she still acted. right? in some capacity. . . she still acted]
[and here, she acts. she doesn't just sit around and watch. she rushes to the aid of others as soon as they call her. those aren't the actions of someone who deserves to live through this hell]
I still believe that. I really do. You don't deserve this-- no matter what happened back then, you just. . . you don't.
[She doesn't try to argue any further. The fact that she's said all she can, and that he still is determined to tell her that she doesn't deserve to be punished... despite now knowing what she is, what she's done... It's her last memory all over again, fresh and raw and sorrowful, a name choking out onto her fingers.]
Sigma...
[Except this time, she isn't fading into nothing. She's still here, still aware, still weeping into the arms of a young man she barely has started to know... and still completely, utterly powerless to stop her circumstances.
She'll lean into Akira's hold, silent outside her shuddering sobs. She doesn't know what else to do.]
[he doesn't know who Sigma is, but that isn't a question for now. he can tell that she still has so many pent up emotions, so much she needs to let out, especially in the wake of her sorrow over Asch. he can ask that later, once she's managed to pull herself together again]
[. . .]
[he wishes there was something he could do]
[he wishes he could take all of her pain and make it go away]
[he wishes he could stop Asch from dying tomorrow]
[he wishes he could stop people from turning into monsters and killing each othe]r
[he wishes. . .]
[he wishes he weren't so helpless]
Hey. . . it's okay.
[as he holds onto her, he makes sure to run his hand up and down her back, a gesture meant to be soothing]
It's okay. I'm still here. And I always will be.
[Akira may not be one to make friends so easily, to open up to others when his boundaries are usually so closed off, but he can't deny that how he feels for Luna is similar to how quickly he had bonded with his Phantom Thieves]
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I... I broke the First Law... Six innocent people died, and I did nothing...
I... I deserve this.
[To be stuck somewhere where all she can do is watch while more innocents die...
This truly is hell, isn't it?]
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[. . . despite everything, he believes that. he, who also believes in doing everything possible to help other people, regardless of the cost or consequences, finds that he's unable and unwilling to judge her for the actions she took. he can only imagine how complicated Luna's feelings had been at the time. how painful it had been to watch, to want to help, while all the while fearing death. maybe. . . maybe it would've been better overall for her to act earlier, but--]
[she still acted. right? in some capacity. . . she still acted]
[and here, she acts. she doesn't just sit around and watch. she rushes to the aid of others as soon as they call her. those aren't the actions of someone who deserves to live through this hell]
I still believe that. I really do. You don't deserve this-- no matter what happened back then, you just. . . you don't.
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Sigma...
[Except this time, she isn't fading into nothing. She's still here, still aware, still weeping into the arms of a young man she barely has started to know... and still completely, utterly powerless to stop her circumstances.
She'll lean into Akira's hold, silent outside her shuddering sobs. She doesn't know what else to do.]
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[. . .]
[he wishes there was something he could do]
[he wishes he could take all of her pain and make it go away]
[he wishes he could stop Asch from dying tomorrow]
[he wishes he could stop people from turning into monsters and killing each othe]r
[he wishes. . .]
[he wishes he weren't so helpless]
Hey. . . it's okay.
[as he holds onto her, he makes sure to run his hand up and down her back, a gesture meant to be soothing]
It's okay. I'm still here. And I always will be.
[Akira may not be one to make friends so easily, to open up to others when his boundaries are usually so closed off, but he can't deny that how he feels for Luna is similar to how quickly he had bonded with his Phantom Thieves]
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For right now, it feels... nice. It's a feeling she wishes wouldn't go away, to be held by someone that cared.]
Thank you... T-thank you... [She wipes frantically at her eyes.]
I... hope there's a future that I can meet you again. I-I hope you still remember me, even... even if I don't remember you.
B)
I can't imagine a future where I wouldn't remember you, Luna.
[who is gonna steal his memories he will FIGHT THEM]
Regardless of what happens in this stupid mansion. And I want-- [he squeezes her hand again, expression determined]
And I want us both to have a bright future waiting for us. I'll fight for that, no matter what it takes.