And the lamb lies down on Broadway

Teen And Up Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game)

Gen | for MachineryField | 100 words | 2023-01-19 | the lamb | AO3

Alexandria (Xenoblade Chronicles 3) & Valdi (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Alexandria (Xenoblade Chronicles 3), Valdi (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

The thought is almost too painful to voice aloud. The destruction of Origin eroding Aionios's foundations aside...

What was she fighting for? Throwing away her first terms, speeding up to the dead end, or...or stretching the end out longer? Making it more like the ratio of a "real life"...?

Valdi doesn't flinch at the idea, but she knows he takes its gravity by the way hobbies stay unmentioned.

"I'm friends with the Alexandria standing here," he reassures her - not Dame Alex. "However she uses her time is fine by me, so long as she's trying to - eventually - be happy."