When Solomon embraced her Raine leaned into him initially without other acknowledgment, but gradually, in stages, the tension went from her, and she rested her head on his shoulder. There were an overabundance of things she wanted to make him understand, from the way caring had an adverse affect on rationality to why, exactly, she'd reacted so strongly, to the variety of reasons she wanted to keep him around, but none of the words she wanted were coming. "Good," she said finally, firm, and held on to him.
It wasn't wholly surprising, she supposed, that she'd confused him. He had warned her his grasp on these dynamics was not particularly strong. Still, there was something very sad about it, that the possibility of someone caring quite so much didn't quite seem to register.
Raine sighed over it, just a little, and fumbled for words again. "Caring for people isn't always a fully wise decision," she said in a moment. "Nor always an intentional one. It compromises judgment, encourages risks, opens you up to hurt. And yet... I've never seen anyone quite so determined as those fighting for the people they love. Nor have I regretted caring, even when it makes the path ahead difficult. It's worth it." Unspoken: that he was worth difficulty as well.
It would have been so much easier to survive in Sylvarant without an infant to look after. But as hard as it had been to keep them both alive, without Genis to persist for Raine was reasonably sure she wouldn't have survived herself. Love was a strange, irrational thing, but much like hope she'd seen how well it could drive the impossible.
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It wasn't wholly surprising, she supposed, that she'd confused him. He had warned her his grasp on these dynamics was not particularly strong. Still, there was something very sad about it, that the possibility of someone caring quite so much didn't quite seem to register.
Raine sighed over it, just a little, and fumbled for words again. "Caring for people isn't always a fully wise decision," she said in a moment. "Nor always an intentional one. It compromises judgment, encourages risks, opens you up to hurt. And yet... I've never seen anyone quite so determined as those fighting for the people they love. Nor have I regretted caring, even when it makes the path ahead difficult. It's worth it." Unspoken: that he was worth difficulty as well.
It would have been so much easier to survive in Sylvarant without an infant to look after. But as hard as it had been to keep them both alive, without Genis to persist for Raine was reasonably sure she wouldn't have survived herself. Love was a strange, irrational thing, but much like hope she'd seen how well it could drive the impossible.