She thinks of forcing him, if she can. This is too important to leave to chance, when an answer is right beside her.
But it's wrong, for the simple reason that she knows what it is to be wanted only for her powers and abilities. She can't treat him like that. She tells herself the decision is only that, and nothing to do with also being unsure whether her powers would be strong enough.
She grabs at the faint hope that it's irrelevant. Venus was once born on Earth, but once born in the Heavens where her planet still shines, dimmed to its normal brightness now. Perhaps she will be born somewhere else.
If she has been born.
Mercury stiffens as she squares her shoulders, perhaps from nothing more than determination. At the very least, she will have to search and find out.
"Next time," she instructs Riku when she finally speaks, "Just say 'I won't'." Remove the lie.
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But it's wrong, for the simple reason that she knows what it is to be wanted only for her powers and abilities. She can't treat him like that. She tells herself the decision is only that, and nothing to do with also being unsure whether her powers would be strong enough.
She grabs at the faint hope that it's irrelevant. Venus was once born on Earth, but once born in the Heavens where her planet still shines, dimmed to its normal brightness now. Perhaps she will be born somewhere else.
If she has been born.
Mercury stiffens as she squares her shoulders, perhaps from nothing more than determination. At the very least, she will have to search and find out.
"Next time," she instructs Riku when she finally speaks, "Just say 'I won't'." Remove the lie.