destroyed tomorrow by an unknown hand

Mature | Major Character Death | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game)

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

Kasumi | Fan la Norne | Haze & Shin | Jin

Kasumi | Fan la Norne | Haze, Shin | Jin

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

He didn't do it for hate. Didn't do it for revenge, or spite, or hopelessness.

(Well, maybe a little hopelessness.)

And since Fan didn't know herself so unhappy, maybe the love meant to be carried by that action

(stabbing someone through the functional heart is always an act of love, don't you know)

didn't exactly get through. After all, the love Jin harbored (and the fear, and the rage) was not for Fan.

And wasn't she her own person? It's not as if Blades ever get to choose their own names.

Freedom: a gift given. It's the thought that counts.