[Tieria remembered everything about that day. The way the sunlight had been so bright that even in the shade of the leafy island jungle, the light had pierced its way through. The feeling of freefall as he had hurtled towards Throne Eins. How that event had started with calculated fury, and then forced him to progress through virtually every emotion at his disposal.
He remembered what he'd been thinking: that really, humans were completely bizarre things, and that there was definitely no logic to human behavior, but at the same time, these were both sort of good things, that they were funny and amazing and stupid but somehow brilliant at the same time. His smile had been very real, and for what felt like the first time, completely innocent of ill will or dark humor.
Smiling like that again, so honestly and openly, and not as a facade or as a reaction to some kind of schadenfreude seemed impossibly difficult now.
The sick thing that pretended to be a smile left his face, and the pain returned.]
...I don't smile much these days, Lockon. I don't think Setsuna does either.
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He remembered what he'd been thinking: that really, humans were completely bizarre things, and that there was definitely no logic to human behavior, but at the same time, these were both sort of good things, that they were funny and amazing and stupid but somehow brilliant at the same time. His smile had been very real, and for what felt like the first time, completely innocent of ill will or dark humor.
Smiling like that again, so honestly and openly, and not as a facade or as a reaction to some kind of schadenfreude seemed impossibly difficult now.
The sick thing that pretended to be a smile left his face, and the pain returned.]
...I don't smile much these days, Lockon. I don't think Setsuna does either.