we_meet_again | Cobalt's Heart

Cobalt's Heart - session 4

I carry you with me across these
barren lands, stretched dry and dark between
sanctuaries of kindness.

Generous with your warmth,
you have shown me
a path to guide my heavy legs and stumbling heart.

Generous with your patience,
you have shown me
how lucky I was to have something worth mourning.

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[The crying cuts off suddenly, and a moment later, a filthy, tear-streaked face peeks out around a pile of rubble.]

Wh-who's there?

[kneeling]

Lunafreya. We can offer protection if you require it.

[looks the kid over for visible injury, but keeps slight distance. He's big and doesn't wanna scare him]

[looking between the two of you, looking confused and dirty but uninjured.]

Where... where did you come from?

I thought everyone was gone.

We came back to see to something. Soon, we will be on our way.

[holding a hand out to him, come here]

Why have you remained?

We're looking for the end of that, actually.

[points to the cable]

You could come with us, maybe you know where it leads?

I... I don't have anywhere else to go...!

The bad guys came, and all the buildings fell... I can't find my mom and dad anywhere. I looked and looked. And my friends... Yugi... Kaguya... they all disappeared and I can't find them...!

[Fat tears roll down his cheeks, threatening a whole new sobbing breakdown]

You're just here... for the wires?

[not going to move, letting him come to her, and keeping a hand outstretched to him]

We came with that purpose, yes, but we may have found another. I am not certain that we could find them. However, we have found each other, haven't we? We ought to remain together.

[he gets his phone out and looks at the screen, turning to Luna, he mouths 'It's Pink'

He steps aside as she talks to bb Cobalt, tapping on his phone]

[He sniffs and scrubs his cheek, coming over to take her hand.]

Y-you don't... th-think they're here?

I've been looking for so long... I've looked everywhere and I c-can't...

[nodding to gladio. holding baby cobalt's hand firmly, thumb running over his knuckles]

As you said, everyone has left. They may have as well, so we ought to go elsewhere to find them, yes?

[Pockets his phone, giving the bb and Luna a nod]

Might be better to cover more ground, yeah? I'll look over there.

[makes a vague gesture to the way they came]

You think they... left me?

[Gladio can head back the way he came, if he wants! It's easy to see where to go with this bright yellow cable on the ground.]

[it's the best way he can help. Off he goes, back the way he came to go into the Dolus door]

They did not leave you, only they needed to go elsewhere for safety. I am certain.

Come, let us see about this light.

[and standing up, going to follow the cable with him]

Why d-didn't they t-take me with them? Why did they leave me?

D-don't they k-know how mu-huch I m-miss them?

[His voice stutters and catches, and he's weeping genuinely now]

[Walking beside her. The cable is very easy to follow, since it's so very yellow and easy to see. It snakes around the debris and ends in a pile of rubble. There's a black cord laying nearby, unplugged. It appears there was a wall here once, and when it fell, it fell on the cable and yanked the two ends apart. While the black one is just laying there, the yellow one is under a pile of debris. The concrete chunks are too big for a tiny child to move, but you'd be able to move it easily with a little elbow grease. You're very strong, after all.]

[ok, no, picking up the baby and rubbing his back]

They would be here if they could. I am certain you know that much. However, it cannot be helped that they cannot in this moment. Would you wish them harm or danger only so that you could have them with you?

[Wailing into her shoulder, clinging tight]

I j-just want — my mom! My dad!

I don't want to be aloooone!

[SOB SOB SOB]

I am here now. Or am I not enough to ease your loneliness, even in part?

[Hic]

No, I — you're not going to leave me too, are you?

Not yet, no. But life is full of meetings and partings. You cannot help welcoming those into your life who may suddenly leave, no? So, you must value the time you have with them rather than bemoaning the time that you do not have.

[Well, he hates it, and he's perhaps too young to fully appreciate the truth of her words.]

[So all he does is wrap his little arms around her tight and cry some more]

P-please don't l-leave me here...!

I would never. Just as you are now, you will always be carried with me.

[He sniffs, and huffs, trying really hard to pull himself together. He's trembling a little, clinging to your neck.]

O-okay. Okay.

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