Where do we go from here, and what did you do with directions? [W7, Thursday]

[hydrokinetics]

[He knew this was coming for a while now, but it didn't make it easier. He knew how it would happen, too, but it still didn't make it easier. Reading Noctis's letter was hard and there's a spike of shame and an equally large spike of affection for the boy when he reads it. It's why he immediately decides to follow his wishes and he seeks Milla out. He approaches quietly with an item in-hand, body obscuring it a little until he gets a gauge on her mood. No doubt she's feeling just as defeated.]

Hey, Milla...

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[thatsthespirit]

I think you've managed quite well, Percy. Or at least, well enough.

[she still feels like he's the one she needs to thank for the Bounties uniting so quickly]

If you hadn't, I somehow don't think we would be sitting here talking right now.

[hydrokinetics]

[He ducks his head a bit.]

True. If I hadn't opened my big mouth and nearly blew Damian's cover, we wouldn't have found each other and we'd be in a lot worse condition than we are now. [On the other hand...it was sort of cool, wasn't it?] I don't like losing, Milla. That's never an option for me so that's why I have to keep going until this is completely over. Whatever that really means. I just wish sometimes it was easier to think everything's going to be okay no matter what.

[thatsthespirit]

You didn't nearly blow his cover. You pointed the right people in the right direction.

[she firmly believes this!!]

. . . and as long as you're still able to keep going forward when everything is over, I think you'll be okay.

I think all of us will, in the end.

[dat optimism]

[hydrokinetics]

[...he feels a weird amount of shame when she says that, even if he won't say why. It's hard to be optimistic when he knows all of the answers here, but he can't tell her. Why worry her? In the end he nods.]

We will. I promise. We'll be okay in the end. [He's just...going to shift a little to lean against her? Sorry, Milla.] Noctis would want us to keep going anyway. I might have helped find some of the right answers, but now we're stuck looking for the rest. I'll keep going if you do though.

[thatsthespirit]

[instinctively, she leans a little into him in return. she understands how comforting even the slightest physical contact can be in difficult times]

I think we've all come too far to give up on answers now. Don't you?

[hydrokinetics]

[It definitely, definitely helps.]

Of course I do. I just don't know if we're going to like the answers we're bound to find. Isn't that how it always works? The answers you spend forever looking for are always the worst ones. That's the part I don't know if I want.

[thatsthespirit]

It is, it's true.

[but somehow, knowing that doesn't scare her]

But I still don't think that's a reason to back down. To be frightened. . . perhaps. But I believe that fear is something you can push past.

[hydrokinetics]

...then we'll push past it together. Promise? [It's a stupid thing to make her promise, but it's the only thing he can think of while he knows what's coming. He needs to know that everything will work out.]