[It's almost funny to say her armor rusted to the core. Maybe that's the only part of her that really stayed pristine. She doesn't miss the armor here, but it's a familiar thing in this unfamiliar heaven.
Maybe her time should've been up centuries ago, just like all her squadmates. Maybe she should've died today. Maybe it's greedy to want more life.
But she's still here. Isn't that the part that really matters?]
I can hope. But what really happens isn't strictly in my hands anymore.
No, I think not. I think the moment we entered this Heaven, we were stripped of the chance to take the future into our hands so easily.
But we will find an answer.
[ steady as stone. steady as stone, until erosion weathers it into nothing but dust - because everything returns to it, someday, even when you make your last stand. ]
And whatever we can hold onto, in the meantime, we won't let go without a fight. [ saying that, he unfolds his arms from behind his back, extending a hand to her like he did at trial. ]
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Maybe her time should've been up centuries ago, just like all her squadmates. Maybe she should've died today. Maybe it's greedy to want more life.
But she's still here. Isn't that the part that really matters?]
I can hope. But what really happens isn't strictly in my hands anymore.
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But we will find an answer.
[ steady as stone. steady as stone, until erosion weathers it into nothing but dust - because everything returns to it, someday, even when you make your last stand. ]
And whatever we can hold onto, in the meantime, we won't let go without a fight. [ saying that, he unfolds his arms from behind his back, extending a hand to her like he did at trial. ]
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We will find our answers.
[ It takes a moment, but she will take Zhongli's hand in hers. ]
This can't be how "redemption" is meant to happen.