. . .

do you remember what i told you last time?

have you been doing well since i saw you?

that's not what you told me back then.

when was the last time i saw you?

you were shorter then.

i'm picking the restaurant this time.

we've known each other since we were children.

always knew i could count on you.

that time was different. this is worse.

you're not going to let me live that down, are you?

i seem to remember a conversation we had back then.

so you changed your mind about it?

do you remember our encounter in paris?

you should know me by now.

am i the only one that knows the truth?

we had a lot of help back then.

your mom told me to look out for you.

you just love bringing that back up to annoy me.

maybe don't mention my past indescretions?

this was never going to work out between us.

i told you not to get attached.

i know more about you than you think.

i was there, remember?

i'm not about to forget all the shit you put me through.

you told me you were going to try and make this work.

remember what i said to you?

the last time i saw you, things were good between us.

you never mentioned this before.

that was the longest flight of my life, and you made it worse.

can i still trust you after all that?

at least we tried to make something work.

we never discussed what happened between us.

okay, but i'm driving the car this time.

i haven't forgotten what you said last week.

i'm still thinking about your comment.

i didn't realize it was you when i first saw you.

you seem to make a lot of enemies around here.

there's not much for us to talk about.

we worked it out last time.

i know you far better than you know yourself.

we have a long history.

is that the shirt you were wearing last time?

what don't i know about you?

i haven't told them about us.

you were the only person i could go to.

you know me.

this is bigger than both of us.

i can't stand your driving.

are you taking me to the place we had dinner last time?

that's not at all what you said.

didn't we agree on that?

i thought i made it very clear where i stand.

are these the same people that came after you last time?

are you still going on about it?

can we talk about it?

staying silent about it won't help.

you're the only person who knows the real me.

he glances at tidus for a moment, his eyes briefly meeting his mentors before they dart away, almost instinctively. “ they didn't see him as a person. just an 'example.' a way to show what happens if any of us step out of line. ” ronan shakes his head, a bitter laugh escaping his lips, as if he couldn’t handle the thought. it’s the same one that’s been playing in his mind over and over, like a broken record— the way his father was killed. the image of it won’t leave him, no matter how hard he tries to push it away. “ i'll go if i have to. but i won't go quietly. they want a show? i'll give them one. but it won't be the one they're expecting. ”

though the elder had been rebellious in his own right, protecting the children and orphans of four like his predecessor mags flannagan, tidus was not the one to be brought to the chopping block for his crimes against the capitol. maybe for that this boy would blame him, "why hadn't it been you?" he could ask, and tidus wouldn't know the answer. but what he can say now, at least to ronan's father, is that ronan will be safe.

the boy will survive as a living legacy of his father's sacrifice, this tidus promises the deceased, even if it costs him his own life.

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