secretofthefox | (no subject)

It'll make me feel better.

Not really.

Fine, it can let me pretend it'll make me feel better about this.

[a pause]

I-I don't... know what we should do.

[He closes his eyes briefly and takes a breath in, a breath out.]

...If our offer isn't good enough, I'm taking the death.

W-What? No, you don't have to do that!

I'm not letting you die, okay? Besides, I've had worse.

But I don't... I don't have anything they would want, so I can't do that much to protect you...

So I'll offer something. And then if it's not good enough for that sadist, it'll be my own fault.

No, it'll be her fault. But... Shouldn't I be taking the risk since I don't have anything to offer?

No! I... If you died, and I couldn't do anything to stop it, I'd never be able to forgive myself.

But I don't want you to die, either!

I'm okay with dying myself, though!

But - you shouldn't be! And I... It's scary, really scary, but if we just come right back...

That's why I'm okay with it. It hurts, but that pain ends. And compared to some other stuff I've been through... To me, just dying, here, isn't that scary.

But it is for a lot of people, so I don't want you to go through it.

[pausing, deciding how to word this]

...Whenever these games happen, I can never do anything to help, you know? I can never make anyone safe. Compared to everyone else here, I'm really weak, so... Even if it's scary, I don't want to be a coward if I could help instead!

You offering yourself up to die instead wouldn't help anyone, though...

[...Fiere isn't going to disagree with his human's inability to accept her dying, but he can try to help.]

...As long as it's ours to give, is the rule, right? Last time, I didn't see all of them, but Tan gave his fire, Sakura gave his ability to swim, Ventus gave the bench he came here with, and Zelos' friend gave up his humanity I think?

I'm not sure, but I think... it doesn't matter so much what it is, as long as it's important to the giver. I mean, what use would someone's species be to an Echo?

It would mean you wouldn't die no matter what.

...All I have is my memories of my siblings, and the friends I've made here. But I would rather die than forget Paul and Carrie.

Watching you die wouldn't help. And neither would you giving up memories, so don't even think about it!

[Is that a little distress at even the concept of the second one...?]

...What I was getting at was, maybe there's something else? Like... I dunno, if it was me, I could offer up my fur, and its ability to grow back for some amount of time. I'm not much of a fox if I'm not fluffy, right?

But if you died, that would hurt me, too...

[looking at fiere]

I don't have any skills, though... Except cooking, and that isn't very important.

[He opens his mouth, but catches himself - Gloss would get so mad at him if he said what was about to come out of his mouth, wouldn't she - and just goes silent.]

But you're a human, right? Humans can all see things. Hear things. Taste things.

...So maybe something like that would work? I already know Tan was considering his voice.

Only because you can read my mind.

Oh - oh, that's true! I wonder if that would be enough...

...Don't offer anything you're not okay with not having for a while, and if you don't want to have to quest for Akasha to get it back, put a time limit on it. Okay?

[He's looking at the wall now.]

Okay... What are you going to do?

My voice. For a week.

...If Laura can live without hers for three years, I can live without mine for that long.

Okay. I could do... My voice and my sight, maybe? I don't care about questing from her, but I want to make sure it's enough to help you.

Are you sure? Even one would be a lot...

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