no. 05 :

[allmiracles]

[after a brief run-in with Peter, she heads out of the workshop and across Camp. it's dark enough that her visibility is hindered, and the threat of the looming zombies is enough that she keeps her wand out. just in case.

she stops outside the hotel and heads to the door without hesitation.]

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[actualizedname]

Then I won't.

[allmiracles]

[shakes her head]

But the name...

[actualizedname]

You can't tell me?

[allmiracles]

I'm sorry.

[actualizedname]

This is enough for now.

[allmiracles]

Don't think too much about it, okay?

[actualizedname]

Do you think that will work, asking me to do that?

[allmiracles]

I can try. I have to.

[actualizedname]

I will do nothing that will betray the faith you've entrusted in me.

[allmiracles]

[takes his hands]

No more. Everything that I've given you I gave because I know you feel that way. You haven't, and you won't. No matter what you do you can't, because everything you do is because you care for me.

[actualizedname]

Then let me protect you for once. I'm always the one being protected. Even now, thirteen years on, you still protect me. I can protect you too.

[allmiracles]

You're protecting us, too. You always are.

You're always thinking of us, doing what you can to change everyone's mistakes...

What more could I ask for?

[actualizedname]

Then let me help you now.

[allmiracles]

You are. More than you know.

[actualizedname]

You still died, Vanille. You died, alone and away from all of us, and that is my fault. After all I've tried to do and become, I still didn't protect you!

Please. Let me find a way to make up for this. For my failure to protect the people I love.

[allmiracles]

[shakes her head]

...

Okay.

But ...

[actualizedname]

What?

[allmiracles]

If you want to protect me, then do it just for that reason. That's all.

You can't keep giving pieces of yourself away because you feel like you've failed or you've lost.

[actualizedname]

What? I - I don't ... what do you mean?

[allmiracles]

You don't have to make up for anything.

[actualizedname]

Maybe not. But next time, I will protect you.

[allmiracles]

[nods]

I know you will.

[actualizedname]

I'm not Lightning, or Snow or Fang or anyone strong like that. But I will find my own way to protect you. Okay?

[allmiracles]

Mm, okay.

But if it's something huge, let me know, okay? I don't want to be too surprised.

[taking his hand and leading him gently back to the loft]

[actualizedname]

What do you think I'd do?

[keeping a weather eye out for monsters.]