No, she thinks, not entirely. Not as hard as it should have been, the first time when the inability to listen to everyone's opinions had led to the agreement to fight trusted companions and allies in the hopes that one ideal would win out over the other.
Even now, thinking about being on opposing sides when they'd all fought the same enemies before-- it makes her throat ache.
The second choice, turning against JP's to side with those same friends because that was what her conscience insisted was stronger... that she doesn't regret. As much as she had hated to hurt the people she'd worked with... that had been necessary. ]
Everything I've gone through... is nothing compared to what everyone else has dealt with.
[ Even if her world didn't remember most of it. Even if Koharu would never remember, or even suspect that her cousin was once her mother. But the others... Kogami, forcibly cutting ties with his own trusted friends, to bring justice to a man who stood outside the law. Trowa and Heero, child soldiers. Stahn and Leon, still so young, but who could plead and scream at each other with such raw pain and desperation that she doubted she'd ever forget what had happened in her room.
Leon, the way he'd been, with his hair hiding his expression, how-- ]
And this isn't really about me. Leon, despite everything he's told me... I know he had his reasons. And I wanted to thank you, Stahn... for believing in him.
[ Because Leon... had needed something like that, hadn't he? ]
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No, she thinks, not entirely. Not as hard as it should have been, the first time when the inability to listen to everyone's opinions had led to the agreement to fight trusted companions and allies in the hopes that one ideal would win out over the other.
Even now, thinking about being on opposing sides when they'd all fought the same enemies before-- it makes her throat ache.
The second choice, turning against JP's to side with those same friends because that was what her conscience insisted was stronger... that she doesn't regret. As much as she had hated to hurt the people she'd worked with... that had been necessary. ]
Everything I've gone through... is nothing compared to what everyone else has dealt with.
[ Even if her world didn't remember most of it. Even if Koharu would never remember, or even suspect that her cousin was once her mother. But the others... Kogami, forcibly cutting ties with his own trusted friends, to bring justice to a man who stood outside the law. Trowa and Heero, child soldiers. Stahn and Leon, still so young, but who could plead and scream at each other with such raw pain and desperation that she doubted she'd ever forget what had happened in her room.
Leon, the way he'd been, with his hair hiding his expression, how-- ]
And this isn't really about me. Leon, despite everything he's told me... I know he had his reasons. And I wanted to thank you, Stahn... for believing in him.
[ Because Leon... had needed something like that, hadn't he? ]