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[Inception]

Her tears threatening to fall down her cheeks lagged behind Tetsue's. There was more to the story of him simply being Tetsue's mechanic, there was more that he had done for him that he had been unable to say. Tetsue's tears flowed down his cheeks in a river, but they were hidden behind the curtain of ebony hair that covered his face when his head dipped downward. She went for the door, and so he stood and pushed the chair back abruptly, looking out of the window outside where he could see the sun and the dancing horses. They were so beautiful, if only the world and all of it's nature was as simple.

"I'm sorry."

He whispered it, but he knew it wouldn't make it to her ears. It wasn't that he didn't converge on the city with all of the troops he had, it was that he couldn't. He had received orders not to, and he knew to defy such orders would mean death in the eyes of a Terces. And even if not...he wasn't a lawbreaker, or a codebreaker in the least bit. To defy such orders would be to go against everything he had stood for when serving.

"Thing's are going to be okay, I know so.."

[Eternity]

Lydia's hands grasped for the handle to the door, his words reaching her ears. Turning her angry eyes towards him once more, a tear leaked from the corner of her eye. Reaching up with her left hand, wiping the tear away with the back of her wrist. Turning the knob, she through the door open. The fresh scent of the air outside hit her, giving a welcoming hand to her. Letting go of the door, she would nearly throw herself outside. The sun felt good against her skin, the air was crisp. It was still a bit chilly, but it was normal for the morning air.

Her legs pushed carrying her a great distance from the house, though she would stop near a line of trees. Her eyes would stare up towards the tops of them, as she just fell to her knees. The palms of her hands found their way up to her face, as sobs left her lips. Pain came in waves, as did the sobs that pushed from deep with in. Lydia's family was no more, she was the only one left. As the pain left her, she knew that someday she would have the strength to fight those who took what was more important than anything else from her.

Whispers left her lips between sobs, repeating the words he had said to her.

"Things are going to be okay, I know so..."

[Inception]

Tetsue couldn't say he understood her pain without feeling bad in one way or another. The fact that he understood her pain perhaps made it worse, the harsh realization that things of similar magnitude occurred everyday was something he wasn't willing to share with her. Standing up from the table, he walked outside just behind her and looked to the sky that couldn't be more beautiful. The frown transformed into a smile, and he whispered to her a few words that would likely change her life forever.

"You could change things."

There was a pause for a moment, but he continued when his eyes were on her.

"People like you change this world, you know that? Maybe you should consider joining the Rosinder military and making a difference. I don't expect an answer now but.."

It was crazy of Tetsue to ask such a question after such an event, but if he was thinking what he knew she was thinking, then the one thing she'd want then was to either join or mourn for the rest of her life.

People like him and her didn't do that.

[Eternity]

She stopped in her footsteps, his words reaching her ears. Her eyes stared forward to the greenery that laid out in front of her, the promises of peace. Turning around almost in an about face, she would look at him for what seemed an eternity. The thought of joining the military laid on her mind, and it was like he was reading it out loud to her. He offered her something she couldn't resist, an opportunity to help change things from the way they laid at the current moment in time.

"I am almost of age to join, and that is what I wish.."

Walking towards him, she was beginning to feel somewhat better about what had happened. It may have been the promise to serve in the military, but it was a chance to get revenge for her family.