[While Hope fought for clarity and rationality, Lightning never let go. Never stopped humming. It got both Serah and Claire through the deaths of their parents, it could get Hope and Lightning through this. It had to...and it would. He was starting to calm down, and as he looked up at her, Lightning found herself hopeful. The faith he had in her was in his eyes, and maybe, just maybe, that meant there was merit to Laguna's words that maybe he hadn't been the only one to escape the Conflict. She just had to believe. Making the impossible possible and all that.
But for now, she would focus on Hope. On her family. On helping him and wiping the tears from his other eye with her thumb, one arm still wrapped tight around his shoulders. She was still here and going nowhere. She swore that to anyone who would listen, and perhaps her parents were among them. Maybe they could buy her just a little more time. She hoped.]
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But for now, she would focus on Hope. On her family. On helping him and wiping the tears from his other eye with her thumb, one arm still wrapped tight around his shoulders. She was still here and going nowhere. She swore that to anyone who would listen, and perhaps her parents were among them. Maybe they could buy her just a little more time. She hoped.]
I won't abandon you, Hope. I promise.