By the time Klaus came around the corner Irvine had already got up onto the roof for the height advantage. For this guy, he'd probably need it. And maybe that would've been okay, except that the guy raised his hands and started talking at him, like he knew Irvine was still there. Because he probably did.
Irvine hesitated with his finger a hair from Exeter's trigger. Unarmed. He hadn't been able to shoot an unarmed man back when he was adrenalised and it was that skeleton he'd accidentally resurrected. He couldn't shoot one now, after having spent three days trying to kill children.
You'd think an unarmed man would be easier.
Quistis. Zell. Squall. Rinoa. Selphie.
Irvine slumped against the wall and took a deep breath, and wasn't wholly surprised to find his cheeks were wet. "Sorry, guys," he whispered. "I tried." But he wasn't sure what was real and what wasn't anymore, and even if this wasn't, it hit him right where he hurt.
He couldn't kill unarmed men.
He couldn't kill children.
You were always too weak to be SeeD, Kinneas. The only reason you were willing to kill Seifer was because you hadn't seen him in years and didn't even like him the first time.
Irvine let his head rest back against the wall. "It kinda sucks," he said to the man in the alley below, "but you're all seals and you're keeping me trapped here, and I promised I wouldn't leave my friends alone. It sucks because it isn't your fault that I have to kill you to get out, but that's how it is anyway."
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Irvine hesitated with his finger a hair from Exeter's trigger. Unarmed. He hadn't been able to shoot an unarmed man back when he was adrenalised and it was that skeleton he'd accidentally resurrected. He couldn't shoot one now, after having spent three days trying to kill children.
You'd think an unarmed man would be easier.
Quistis. Zell. Squall. Rinoa. Selphie.
Irvine slumped against the wall and took a deep breath, and wasn't wholly surprised to find his cheeks were wet. "Sorry, guys," he whispered. "I tried." But he wasn't sure what was real and what wasn't anymore, and even if this wasn't, it hit him right where he hurt.
He couldn't kill unarmed men.
He couldn't kill children.
You were always too weak to be SeeD, Kinneas. The only reason you were willing to kill Seifer was because you hadn't seen him in years and didn't even like him the first time.
Irvine let his head rest back against the wall. "It kinda sucks," he said to the man in the alley below, "but you're all seals and you're keeping me trapped here, and I promised I wouldn't leave my friends alone. It sucks because it isn't your fault that I have to kill you to get out, but that's how it is anyway."