Strength is everything, he says, but Flayn is well aware of her own shortcomings as far as physical strength is concerned. She can hold her own well enough when it comes to magic, but what she excels at is healing those who have been hurt, not inflicting that sort of harm herself. It's why Seteth always wanted her kept well out of battles, whenever possible.
(If she'd listened to him, would things be different now? Would he have pulled back from the battle he was hurt in sooner, if he'd known she was waiting for him off the battlefield?)
She takes a breath.]
I see.
[She's not sure how she'll prove her own strength, but she's lived long enough - surely, she can figure it out, somehow.
And if nothing else, she can use her abilities to keep Claude in good shape if he ends up having to prove his own strength, too.]
...have you always planned to come here, eventually?
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Strength is everything, he says, but Flayn is well aware of her own shortcomings as far as physical strength is concerned. She can hold her own well enough when it comes to magic, but what she excels at is healing those who have been hurt, not inflicting that sort of harm herself. It's why Seteth always wanted her kept well out of battles, whenever possible.
(If she'd listened to him, would things be different now? Would he have pulled back from the battle he was hurt in sooner, if he'd known she was waiting for him off the battlefield?)
She takes a breath.]
I see.
[She's not sure how she'll prove her own strength, but she's lived long enough - surely, she can figure it out, somehow.
And if nothing else, she can use her abilities to keep Claude in good shape if he ends up having to prove his own strength, too.]
...have you always planned to come here, eventually?
[Even back in the academy days...?]