[ one that comes quickly to mind is a fallen soldier falco had taken in to aid. most would have left the enemy to rot, as some had huffed at him for, but falco hid behind international law during war to mask his altruism. legally, he's our prisoner was a misty cover for i want to save him. falco's heart quietly shattered that day, when the unconscious man began to come to and preferred death over letting his hands stop the bleeding— the years of trauma across generations done to each other was something that had always saddened him. the words still stick: don't touch me. you'll corrupt me. devil.
it encourages him to continue giving his best to anyone, everyone— as what he'd always wanted for himself. ]
Some of them are more . . . inflexible. But I've seen children be the same way, too. [ gabi was a snarling, rabid beast when an enemy approached, no matter how concerned they were for her. noticing nehan's writing, falco pauses his own to observe and pay attention to what it was. ] I like to think it's a little different, here.
cw: mention of racial oppression
it encourages him to continue giving his best to anyone, everyone— as what he'd always wanted for himself. ]
Some of them are more . . . inflexible. But I've seen children be the same way, too. [ gabi was a snarling, rabid beast when an enemy approached, no matter how concerned they were for her. noticing nehan's writing, falco pauses his own to observe and pay attention to what it was. ] I like to think it's a little different, here.