a window in the bank above his head reveals his home amidst the streets

Teen And Up Audiences ¦ Major Character Death ¦ Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game)

Gen ¦ for thelyphonida ¦ 100 words ¦ 2023-03-05 ¦ the lamb ¦ AO3

Satahiko | Mikhail & Kasumi | Fan la Norne | Haze

Satahiko | Mikhail, Kasumi | Fan la Norne | Haze

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


There but for the grace of the Architect go I.

Right?

He'd heard enough of his owners say it, year over year.

Could always be worse - except when it couldn't, and there were curses for that in their own right - if you had someone else to sneer at, to save your hide from, to measure yourself against.

Haze is dying, but I'm not. That's the thing about being a Blade, I guess. So I'm really lucky.

(Or won't she come to life again?)

Lucky to have the rest of my life ahead of me.

Anything could happen.

Anything at all.