taichara: (earthbound dragon)
taichara ([personal profile] taichara) wrote in [community profile] 31_days2018-11-22 10:29 am

[22 Nov] [Final Fantasy IV] Cast Down

Title: Cast Down
Day/Prompt: 22 - "trying to save my soul tonight"
Fandom: Final Fantasy IV
Character: Kain Highwind
Rating/Warning(s): G
Word Count: 100

How can I know.

Kain wouldn't make it a question. Didn't have the energy, didn't have the will. Not that he'd admit it -- pride was all he had left, even if more the illusion of pride.

Twice, now. Twice. And the second time built on the lie that I was free.

Bitter; oh, bitter. Kain, hunkered down in the back of the Whale's command deck, felt bile rise in his throat.

Between those two instances, Golbeza merely slackened the leash --

Can I cleanse my shame before he calls me a third time?

Run me through, Cecil, if you must ...