[Just a few months ago, they were all standing down a charging god--unified. They showed their strength together, they showed the meaning of Union, even if they were all afraid and powerless.
Stella touches her paws to Maka's arm, ears lowered and looking close to crying herself. Don't think about him, Maka, it just hurts you! she tries to warn.
There are two people in this world that Maka relied on and ended up being left behind by. She cannot rely on those people, but still she wants to be as strong as they are. Her father's physical strength and her mother's strength of heart, both are things she wants to emulate--to surpass.]
You know before Mom left Papa, she knew what he was doing. And I felt her pain--she'd try to hide it from me, but I felt it deep down in her soul. It was so painful that sometimes I'd just cry out of nowhere, and I felt too ashamed to tell anyone why it was happening. I think...maybe, that's why ghosts started coming to me, they never bothered me until I started feeling Mom's pain. I don't know if Mom was aware it was happening, but I hope not.
[Maybe that's why she left, she thinks. Maybe she left so I wouldn't feel her pain anymore.
No, her mother wouldn't do that, and she shouldn't voice such a terrible thought aloud. Maka doesn't want Rei to get a bad impression of her mother as some kind of abandoner. She shifts so she can move her hands up to wipe at her eyes, mindful to not disturb Rei's position.]
In Sanctuary, I felt a lot of fear and anger. I hated it, I didn't want anyone to feel that way. Yeah, fear's an important part of having courage, but when you put it with anger...[it makes a sick and tarry sort of feeling that weighs on your soul.]
[And you helped them, Stella insists on this. I saw you do it, you talked to them and instructed me how to do the same, I couldn't have done it without you.]
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Stella touches her paws to Maka's arm, ears lowered and looking close to crying herself. Don't think about him, Maka, it just hurts you! she tries to warn.
There are two people in this world that Maka relied on and ended up being left behind by. She cannot rely on those people, but still she wants to be as strong as they are. Her father's physical strength and her mother's strength of heart, both are things she wants to emulate--to surpass.]
You know before Mom left Papa, she knew what he was doing. And I felt her pain--she'd try to hide it from me, but I felt it deep down in her soul. It was so painful that sometimes I'd just cry out of nowhere, and I felt too ashamed to tell anyone why it was happening. I think...maybe, that's why ghosts started coming to me, they never bothered me until I started feeling Mom's pain. I don't know if Mom was aware it was happening, but I hope not.
[Maybe that's why she left, she thinks. Maybe she left so I wouldn't feel her pain anymore.
No, her mother wouldn't do that, and she shouldn't voice such a terrible thought aloud. Maka doesn't want Rei to get a bad impression of her mother as some kind of abandoner. She shifts so she can move her hands up to wipe at her eyes, mindful to not disturb Rei's position.]
In Sanctuary, I felt a lot of fear and anger. I hated it, I didn't want anyone to feel that way. Yeah, fear's an important part of having courage, but when you put it with anger...[it makes a sick and tarry sort of feeling that weighs on your soul.]
[And you helped them, Stella insists on this. I saw you do it, you talked to them and instructed me how to do the same, I couldn't have done it without you.]