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[shatteredlenses]

 

This is Ignis.  Please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.  Storyteller willing, I may actually be able to read messages left for me soon.
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And, no, your Highness, this doesn't mean I will be too busy to make sure you eat your vegetables. 

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[shatteredlenses]

"I promised Ardyn the same thing, but I'm starting to wonder if that promise is going to end up just another broken one among all those that have been made to him during the years," Ignis turns his blind gaze back toward the memorial they are constructing. It's been almost a year. Noctis has come and gone. Nyx has come and gone. Who will be next? Ardyn? Himself? What happens with their promises then?

He feels wetness at the corner of his eyes, but he doesn't dare wipe it away with how dirty his hands are.

"I don't want to stop fighting, but if it's hurting him in the process, wouldn't it be better if I did?"

[savedbyasong]

Shion's hands are a little cleaner as he hadn't been the one to plant the seed. But still he wiped them on his shirt before reaching out to wipe the tears from Igni's cheek.

Feeling like you would always let down those you loved, feeling that whatever you did you would hurt those you cared about. These were things Shion understood.

"Sometimes... The things that are necessary are things that hurt the most. Giving up because something is painful... Even..."

He took a shakey breath. "Even if it hurts someone you love. The pain would be worse if you stopped fighting for them... It's often. You want to do the kindest thing. The thing that will cause them least pain but that's not always the right thing..."

It was still something Shion struggled with. It was... It was what he was doing with Aster. Letting her hide because that was less painful for her than dragging her out.

Once again he was failing as her big brother.

[shatteredlenses]

"The easy way is not always the right way," Ignis' voice is soft when he finally answers. How many times has he given that advice? How many times has he lived it and probably will continue to live it? There is no way he can deny the truth of those words no matter how much he may want to.

Though Shion doesn't say out loud that he is in the same boat, it's not hard to realize he is, especially not with their earlier discussions. Ignis' arm tightens around the boy and then he gives him a small smile, "Lets finish this off and then we can head back to the cottage. I think we deserve a treat after all this hard work."

A treat and a rest. Good things to help soothe troubled souls.

[savedbyasong]

More often than not the easy way was the wrong way and the right way was the difficult painful path.

He hugged Ignis tightly in return and then moved to pick up the bowl that Ignis had written Soma's name with shells in. Very carefully he carried it over to where they had planted the apricot tree and set it next to the basket made for Asch.

"There. Once the tree grows it will provide shade for them both."