I'm sorry.
For what?
...I don't know. But every time I think about... Just... A-About having to fight Ren, about how she was on the other side of that bridge, I just...






I feel like I have to apologize to someone. For something.
...To Ren, maybe?
No.




...Maybe.
You're the one who was attacked. They didn't even give you a choice to turn back...
I feel wrong. Just for... For even being on the bridge. On that side of it.
You're victim-blaming yourself, honey. Please...
I thought I was doing good. That I was catching up to Ren. But, fuck... That glare she gave me. I can't stop thinking about it, Sigrid...
...Catching up to her?
...









Ren's why I...started doing this... Why I use a katana. Why I dress like this, why I'm an explorer. And, very partially, maybe why I was trying to pick up girls. I wanted to be like her.









Am I a sham?
No. Do you feel like a sham?
...I do.
Even though you've objectively found greater success than her?
Yeah.




...Have I really, anyways?
Well, you're freer than she is. You're not in servitude to a man who kills explorers for doing what they do. You've surpassed her as a Ronin. And...




Well, you have me.









Hug me. Please don't let go.














...I don't think I'll be okay for a bit. Is it okay to ask you to stay?
I would've done so anyway.









I love you, Momoe Tsukuda.




You're a better person than Ren ever will be.
...Thanks.



I love you too.

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