Still...! We're going to win. Because... we've got me. And you! And Yang and Jaune and Naoki and Hiro and--lots of people who are good people and who won't let bad things happen.
[he's got something he wants to bring up, even if this is probably the worst timeābut then, is it even expected for yuri to have good timing at all?]
What would you do if we won and had nowhere to go back to?
I'm not saying it is. But they made it clear... They're nuking things CERES tells them to. And they wanted their payment for it.
[he's been stewing on this for a while, and that probably makes it obvious why he hasn't brought it up. leave it to yuri to shoulder that knowledge alone knowing nobody is going to be helped by it.
they have a lot of different, interconnected problems they're dealing with, and they can only ignore it for so long.]
They didn't say if it was our worlds, or anyone else's here. But I got the feeling they weren't lying about what they said, either.
[For a moment, she just hangs her head. The hood hides her face, leaving it shadowed and unreadable, and her shoulders are hunched. Destroyed worlds... her entire world, destroyed, just like that.
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[So...]
I really think so.
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[he's got something he wants to bring up, even if this is probably the worst timeābut then, is it even expected for yuri to have good timing at all?]
What would you do if we won and had nowhere to go back to?
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But she hesitates at that, staring at him.]
You don't...really think that... [Their homes are destroyed?]
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When we got stuck in the other part of the city, I talked to one of those Flamine guys.
[and he felt like they were lying a hell of a lot less than ceres was.]
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[She can't accept this, she really can't. Her home. Her dad. Her school (well, that's already destroyed)--
So she sounds more disbelieving than anything.]
No, that can't...
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[he's been stewing on this for a while, and that probably makes it obvious why he hasn't brought it up. leave it to yuri to shoulder that knowledge alone knowing nobody is going to be helped by it.
they have a lot of different, interconnected problems they're dealing with, and they can only ignore it for so long.]
They didn't say if it was our worlds, or anyone else's here. But I got the feeling they weren't lying about what they said, either.
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But.
...She's still here, isn't she?
This isn't the end.
She lifts her head, and meets his eyes.]
Then we'll fix it. And we'll bring them all back.