Even amidst this mind-numbing chaos, Gen can't help noticing the natural way Emet-Selch protects him. And while on some rational level he knows that he's probably just standing in for someone else as this memory plays out -- no doubt anyone would have sufficed as a substitute, Emet-Selch would have protected anyone standing on that spot -- it's still ...
Wherever he might have taken that thought afterward is disrupted by the sight of people being devoured by that smoke and spit out as monsters.
It's shameful, but Gen ends up pulled close up against Emet-Selch, seeking any sort of protection he can from the carnage happening around him. The sensory overload alone is almost enough to overwhelm him, but the sheer scale of what's happening is more than he can comprehend. Emet-Selch speaks of a whole district crumbling, and he can barely wrap his mind around that thought in any concrete way.
Except --
"But what if it does." Gen's voice is hoarse as he spits out that question.
It must sound cruel, even if it wasn't his intention. What happens if you fail? But how can he help that question from floating to the forefront of his mind? Because this is an event of the past, isn't it? Something that did happen, something that Emet-Selch did have to endure. And for the man before him, so desperate to fight and protect, to turn to wanting to destroy everything for the sake of starting anew ... did he actually fail in this pivotal moment?
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Wherever he might have taken that thought afterward is disrupted by the sight of people being devoured by that smoke and spit out as monsters.
It's shameful, but Gen ends up pulled close up against Emet-Selch, seeking any sort of protection he can from the carnage happening around him. The sensory overload alone is almost enough to overwhelm him, but the sheer scale of what's happening is more than he can comprehend. Emet-Selch speaks of a whole district crumbling, and he can barely wrap his mind around that thought in any concrete way.
Except --
"But what if it does." Gen's voice is hoarse as he spits out that question.
It must sound cruel, even if it wasn't his intention. What happens if you fail? But how can he help that question from floating to the forefront of his mind? Because this is an event of the past, isn't it? Something that did happen, something that Emet-Selch did have to endure. And for the man before him, so desperate to fight and protect, to turn to wanting to destroy everything for the sake of starting anew ... did he actually fail in this pivotal moment?