It is unfair, but I'd rather pay the price and be able to cure their wounds than let them suffer needlessly. [It's honestly a no-brainer, in her book!] If we must play by these rules to take care of our own, so be it.
[She hates it too, Suriel. But it's okay. This one's a much easier sacrifice to make.]
Then mayhap I'll ask one of you to restore my ability to use my aether for healing. I may not be as skilled in healing magicks as he is, but it would at least reduce your strain each week.
[And maybe help avoid some of those higher prices???
But anyway. A hero--there are really only a couple answers to that, isn't there? Almost without realizing it, a small smile comes to her face.]
That's simple. The Warrior of Light is one of the greatest heroes our realm has ever known, and I admire them greatly. But ere they came to Eorzea, my grandsire was its savior for his deeds during the Seventh Umbral Calamity.
Our foes from the northeast, the Garlean Empire, sought to take Eorzea as its own and would stop at nothing to achieve victory, even if it meant razing the land and all but obliterating her people. My grandfather had known of the Calamity's coming where others refused to believe, and he had created an organization of like-minded scholars who sought to protect the land from ruin. With his foresight and their support, Grandfather was able to fight the elder primal the Garleans freed and prevent Eorzea's destruction, though it came at the cost of his own life.
[It's honestly kind of hard to think back on; she and Alphinaud had only been eleven at the time.]
When I was younger, I could not understand his actions. Eorzea was not his home. Our grandsire chose to leave Alphinaud and me behind for a continent he held no attachment to, and he died to protect it instead of returning to us. I could not understand why this land was more important to him than his family. [Than her.]
But Grandfather said something important to my father ere he left: "To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom─it is indolence. We must all protect that which we hold most dear in the manner of our own choosing."
It took some time, but I finally came to understand the full extent of his actions that day--why he acted as he did and how his actions affected our entire world. Since then, I have sought to continue his legacy, albeit in my own way.
I know it hasn't been long, but in the time we've known each other, I've watched you keep trying to help everyone in whatever ways you can, no matter how hard it gets. That's the kind of spirit that all heroes have.
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week 4; friday
[ huffs. they hate this! ]
But they're all stable now, right?
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It is unfair, but I'd rather pay the price and be able to cure their wounds than let them suffer needlessly. [It's honestly a no-brainer, in her book!] If we must play by these rules to take care of our own, so be it.
[She hates it too, Suriel. But it's okay. This one's a much easier sacrifice to make.]
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[ kicks their feet! ]
...Tell me about someone who's like a hero for you?
me like oh god ffxiv lore time GOOD LUCK
[And maybe help avoid some of those higher prices???
But anyway. A hero--there are really only a couple answers to that, isn't there? Almost without realizing it, a small smile comes to her face.]
That's simple. The Warrior of Light is one of the greatest heroes our realm has ever known, and I admire them greatly. But ere they came to Eorzea, my grandsire was its savior for his deeds during the Seventh Umbral Calamity.
Our foes from the northeast, the Garlean Empire, sought to take Eorzea as its own and would stop at nothing to achieve victory, even if it meant razing the land and all but obliterating her people. My grandfather had known of the Calamity's coming where others refused to believe, and he had created an organization of like-minded scholars who sought to protect the land from ruin. With his foresight and their support, Grandfather was able to fight the elder primal the Garleans freed and prevent Eorzea's destruction, though it came at the cost of his own life.
[It's honestly kind of hard to think back on; she and Alphinaud had only been eleven at the time.]
When I was younger, I could not understand his actions. Eorzea was not his home. Our grandsire chose to leave Alphinaud and me behind for a continent he held no attachment to, and he died to protect it instead of returning to us. I could not understand why this land was more important to him than his family. [Than her.]
But Grandfather said something important to my father ere he left: "To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom─it is indolence. We must all protect that which we hold most dear in the manner of our own choosing."
It took some time, but I finally came to understand the full extent of his actions that day--why he acted as he did and how his actions affected our entire world. Since then, I have sought to continue his legacy, albeit in my own way.
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[ they listen in silence, a smile blooming on their face as alisaie speaks. not that she'd know, of course. ]
He sounds like a wise man. I almost wish I could have met him... but I think you must be doing wonderfully in his place, Miss Leveilleur.
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I pray you are correct, Suriel. He was the greatest man I have ever known. If I can do but a tenth of what he did, I shall be glad.
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But she'll struggle through the mental screaming enough to respond:] Well. We have to try, do we not? If there is aught I can do, I must.
Thank you for helping me.