7th moon [voice/action]

[vibrafinal]

...Has anyone else ever found a particular item in the shop, and thought that it must have been placed there to taunt you? Would the Malnosso even commit such a petty act? At least it should match the pansies...

[With that said, Cecil can be found at any point on the road between the item shop and house 32, bearing... a flower in a small vase?]

Comments

[lostinmyway]

She must be very good at it. [Grune, that isn't always a complimentary thing to say.]

[paladinlost]

She is, no matter how much I wish she was not.

[lostinmyway]

You don't want her to be good at being stubborn?

[paladinlost]

Not when it undoes my efforts to keep her safe.

[lostinmyway]

Doesn't she try to stay safe? It's very important. [...Says the woman who will throw herself into any danger for her friends.]

[paladinlost]

She prefers to stay by my side, even if it means her end. Only the thought of leaving our son an orphan can convince her to save herself.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, but she wants to protect you. That's important, too.

[paladinlost]

I'd much prefer it if she protected our son.

[lostinmyway]

Can't she protect both of you?

[paladinlost]

Not if we are separated.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, then you just need to stay together.

[paladinlost]

Yet it'd be unfair to stop Ceodore from seeing the world with his own eyes.

[lostinmyway]

Wouldn't he like to travel with his family?

[Grune has clearly never been a teenage boy.]

[paladinlost]

Every so often, but not all the time.

[lostinmyway]

Hmm.... I wonder why.

[paladinlost]

Children have to spread their wings, after a certain age, if they want to find their place in the world.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, my, that sounds very important.

[paladinlost]

It is, even if it means we cannot always keep him safe.

[lostinmyway]

I think that's all right, as long as you do your best whenever you can.

[paladinlost]

We do, and so do our friends.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, that's good. He must feel very lucky to have so many people looking after him.

[paladinlost]

I'm not so certain about that, actually.

[lostinmyway]

Really? Why?

[paladinlost]

Because he's at an age where becoming independant is a worthy goal.

[lostinmyway]

But why wouldn't he want his friends to look after him? That's how you show you love someone.