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≽ oria severine // vindicare. ([personal profile] dissimulative) wrote in [community profile] dappledleaves 2024-01-11 05:35 am (UTC)

Yours is too. You know that I'm not the type to throw my life away. Even...

[ Even when it was either him or his father. The suggestion was still met with a lot of resistance, but he still went through with it. It wasn't even him being cold. He would never be able to say, "if it's me or you, I'd rather it be me" to his father's face. He wouldn't mean a single word of that phrase. Family is important to Oria, despite everything they've done to him.

He grips the DS a little tighter, with his shoulder that's in contact with Sinclair tensing up. He remembers his father bleeding and how he worked so hard to staunch the blood flow so that they could wait for help to arrive. Even with the deal at Kayser Corp, Arvel only left Oria behind by himself because Oria specifically requested it. He really didn't like the idea of leaving his son behind in an obviously questionable environment.

...

Oria swallows through the tightness in his throat and pushes through with the game. He comes in third place out of 10 players, including themselves.
]

At least I'm not last!

[ He laughs a little. ]

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