[There's no letting go from either side, and Lightning herself ends up clinging after a few moments. She's still trying to anchor him, resting her head on his as if that would fight off the monsters that will haunt his mind from now on.
She meets his eyes when he looks up, however, and knows that some of that pain is mirrored in her own gaze even as she shakes her head. He shouldn't apologize for what he's been told. She's alright with being gone because it probably protected Hope and Serah somehow, but watching him like this...watching him like this makes her want to go back to that fateful day and run until she's safe and can get back to them. But she can't. She can't do anything but hold him and let him cling.]
I'm not going anywhere. [She doesn't add "I promise" onto it because she can't promise Johto won't send her flying back the way she came, but if it's down to her choice? She's staying with him until they both get to go back. That's what family does.]
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She meets his eyes when he looks up, however, and knows that some of that pain is mirrored in her own gaze even as she shakes her head. He shouldn't apologize for what he's been told. She's alright with being gone because it probably protected Hope and Serah somehow, but watching him like this...watching him like this makes her want to go back to that fateful day and run until she's safe and can get back to them. But she can't. She can't do anything but hold him and let him cling.]
I'm not going anywhere. [She doesn't add "I promise" onto it because she can't promise Johto won't send her flying back the way she came, but if it's down to her choice? She's staying with him until they both get to go back. That's what family does.]