[The problem with brave people is that they don't realize they can run. To a girl that runs from everything-
To a girl that ran as far away as she could, for as long as could, to avoid hurting others by the hands of a man who couldn't escape his dark thoughts-who couldn't see the light at the end of the path he had set down.
She couldn't escape on her own, bound and held back by a fear of the unknown. She had listened to him, gone with his plan, because she knew no other way to live. There was no one to tell her there was another way to live.
It was impossible to escape from her purpose until-
Seto.
Until she met Seto. Until she left markings on walls and floors, begging him to find her. Expecting him to ignore the images left in her wake and seeing him-
Seeing him there beyond the sewer's fence. Beyond the glass in the elevator that separated them. Feeling him-knowing he was looking at the small tv hooked up to the camera in lab.
She could escape. She had escaped because he was there. And with a finality all her own, words quiet and shaking, she says-]
You can.
[She's not Seto. She's not brave. But the courage he gave her by standing by her side through it all-by protecting her, by fighting Shin so she could live in the world next to him before they even exchanged names. Batter doesn't know it can be like that yet.
And Ren, with the fragments of courage she can make from Seto's memory, sits up straight. She's scared-that's undeniable, but she's still there. No longer frozen in place, but sitting of her own free will.]
When someone is next to you-you can do that. That's how it is. When-
[His hand touched the glass door on the elevator, making an imprint her eyes fixated on the entire way down. That made her feel a surge of hope she hadn't felt for years.
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To a girl that ran as far away as she could, for as long as could, to avoid hurting others by the hands of a man who couldn't escape his dark thoughts-who couldn't see the light at the end of the path he had set down.
She couldn't escape on her own, bound and held back by a fear of the unknown. She had listened to him, gone with his plan, because she knew no other way to live. There was no one to tell her there was another way to live.
It was impossible to escape from her purpose until-
Seto.
Until she met Seto. Until she left markings on walls and floors, begging him to find her. Expecting him to ignore the images left in her wake and seeing him-
Seeing him there beyond the sewer's fence. Beyond the glass in the elevator that separated them. Feeling him-knowing he was looking at the small tv hooked up to the camera in lab.
She could escape. She had escaped because he was there. And with a finality all her own, words quiet and shaking, she says-]
You can.
[She's not Seto. She's not brave. But the courage he gave her by standing by her side through it all-by protecting her, by fighting Shin so she could live in the world next to him before they even exchanged names. Batter doesn't know it can be like that yet.
And Ren, with the fragments of courage she can make from Seto's memory, sits up straight. She's scared-that's undeniable, but she's still there. No longer frozen in place, but sitting of her own free will.]
When someone is next to you-you can do that. That's how it is. When-
[His hand touched the glass door on the elevator, making an imprint her eyes fixated on the entire way down. That made her feel a surge of hope she hadn't felt for years.
When she realized he was trying to save her.]
Someone wants to be with you. You can escape.