[As soon as there's a pause in his explanation, at the end, Lightning curtly interrupts immediately before he can spout any further nonsense.]
That's what this is about? You didn't have to deal with the fal'Cie, with being branded. [The kid's got his own problems to deal with, and their problems were never his to burden. Lightning prefers it that way. He doesn't deserve the kind of fate they were given.] That's fine... that you didn't. That doesn't make you any less than the rest of us, if that's what you think.
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Noel.
[As soon as there's a pause in his explanation, at the end, Lightning curtly interrupts immediately before he can spout any further nonsense.]
That's what this is about? You didn't have to deal with the fal'Cie, with being branded. [The kid's got his own problems to deal with, and their problems were never his to burden. Lightning prefers it that way. He doesn't deserve the kind of fate they were given.] That's fine... that you didn't. That doesn't make you any less than the rest of us, if that's what you think.