now i have seen how brightly
you can shine, you can shine, you can shine
"He never got to live..."
A smiled, minutely. Gravity decorated that guarded face with a minimum of frivolity. "Is my existence not proof enough of the contrary?"
In Rex's shifted glance, Shulk caught hesitation. Living as who wanted? Living by what metric? Living under what sentence?
"And even if not..." A continued, shoulders set back.
"He simply was. As a maxim of Klaus's world went, he thought, therefore he was. He had goals, surely?"
A looked to Shulk for agreement that the weary man just couldn't give.
"No. He didn't. He never did. I know that now."
"Indeed you do. Phenomenal."