[IC - update post]

[actualizedname]

 [Earlier this morning a tiny teenaged boy went out to explore ruins in camp.

Some time later, said tiny teenager reappears at the outskirts of camp, eleven inches taller, thirteen years older and very confused.]

Somehow, I think I'm lost.

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[allmiracles]

Fang and I wanted to make a future where everyone is safe.

You, too.

[actualizedname]

I'm going to be there, in that future. We're going to get that future, I promise you. Your sacrifice was not in vain.

[allmiracles]

I didn't want you to have to put yourself in that position again.

[actualizedname]

I put myself there. I knew what I was doing, and I chose it, because that future is worth fighting for.

[allmiracles]

[...

closes her eyes and breathes, and then there's a small gasp that accompanies a quiet sob.]

[actualizedname]

Back in Oerba you said we were all family. What sort of family would we be if we left you on your own?

[allmiracles]

When you have family, you want them to live happily no matter what.

[actualizedname]

That's why I'm doing this. One day we'll all be alive, happy and smiling, with you with us.

[allmiracles]

[sorry not gonna let go]

What happened?

[actualizedname]

Time was distorted after we came back from crystal stasis and Lightning disappeared, then Snow, and Serah and Sazh. Someone was trying to change time, and we have to change it back to how it should be.

[allmiracles]

If everyone left, and you traveled so far in the future ...

Weren't you lonely?

[actualizedname]

...yes. I was.

[allmiracles]

That wasn't what we wanted.

...

I'm sorry. I left you all alone.

[actualizedname]

If this works, you won't have.

[allmiracles]

[wiping her eyes briefly, nodding]

You have to say "it will work."

[actualizedname]

It will work. With all of us working on it, how could it not?

[allmiracles]

I want to see your miracle.

[actualizedname]

I'll make sure you do.

[allmiracles]

[hits him a little]

Ohh... I should scold you, you know.

[actualizedname]

What for?

[allmiracles]

[sighs]

You really want to save us, don't you? You haven't forgotten, even after all this time—mm, instead you dedicated your life to it...

[actualizedname]

You're worth it.

[allmiracles]

[it's very strange. she's blinking back tears again, but suddenly her cheeks are burning. it's awkward, she finds, but not unpleasant.

for a moment she opens her mouth to say something, but closes it in hesitation. there's no words to choke out.

instead she covers her face in her hands and finds herself crying again.]

[actualizedname]

[he looks anxious, even a little rattled, before taking a breath and then hugging her]

You are that important to us. I know it's a burden to bear, but you're important and it's something we all chose to do, because we value you that much.

[allmiracles]

It's ... not just that ...

[rubbing at her eyes, but the tears don't stop]

But right now, I'm right here.