There's something baout-
There's somethign about-
There's somethign about how. Like.
Seed Sr. killed himself for Flora. It wasn't just a choice, it was a fight against himself, against his literal basic 'instincts' to save her, protect her. He let himself bleed slowly, fading away bit by bit, until he was gone.
Anby chose to barely passed her tests, because if she was overwhelmingly the best, her sisters would've been culled and thrown away. She could only save one, and so she did, somehow survived a suicide mission, and then was ordered to kill her last surviving sister. And she chose active suicide, slicing her throat open for S11.
Twiggy - Anby tried to save Twiggy, convince Twiggy to stop what she was doing, and failed, but when she should've died, Harin, with the barest grip of who either of them were dove in to back up her sister. A sister she doesn't really know. One she'll believe abandoned her. One she'll probably never get to be a family with.
Khors took in Grace when her parents died. Grace continued to defend Khors in spite of a large amount of evidence that he wasn't a good man, choosing his honor after his death, at the cost of enraging Koleda.
Carole Arna believed in her students, her children, she left them with a powerful gift in their implants and Eous. She's presumed dead, and the worst parts of the Hollow Zero Disaster were blamed on her.
Billy we know had been around the Calydons since Caesar was a little girl, and gave a spare arm to her when she lost her own.
Miyabi's strength is her own, reinforced by Tailless, but it also came at the cost of her Mother, and her mother's mother, and everyone who wielded Tailless before her. And yet, when carrying the Blade of the Hoshimi Family, she carries all those who wielded it before.
Harumasa's master made something specifically for Harumasa, not to cure him, but to give him just a little more time. just a moment longer. It came at the cost of his life, becoming Corrupted, but even still his Master protected the Case that could (and would) Save Harumasa's life.
Trigger was blinded, and her first team was killed in the H0 disaster, they gave orders to someone to save her, take her to a medical tent or whatever- they died like so many others, and she carried that guilt. When people started going missing and winding up dead, she went after the killer. She was saved by her Harmonica- Charon's harmonica. Even in death, her old squadmates protect her.
Nicole's love of dennies originates from a childhood friend dying of Corruption, unable to see the sun because a protective suit was too expensive, from spending hours with the other kids trying to collect enough to buy her one, to make that friend's wish come true, and let her see the sun one more time.
Astra was saved by investigators. They sacrificed themselves for her. Held back ethereals for just a minute, an extra second, and so she carries that song she was taught into now, to give to others.
Yixuan's sister.
Ju Fufu and Pan are rarities among Thiren.
Lighter's whole life was him trying to pay back a debt no one asked him do to, to give his friend's sister a life she deserved, no matter how much blood he shed, or was covered with, whether it was his own or another's.
Yanagi literally carries the blood of a dead woman in her veins, and the blood of so many innocent Oni on her hands, and had their futures on her shoulders.
The old man that was the Caretaker of the Ballet Twins, the ones that sacrificed themselves so others wouldn't trample each other trying to get out of the buildings during the Hollow Expansion.
Orphie is a clone of Magus, meant to simply carry whatever remains of the Original Orpheus Magnusson as a tail, but Magus allows Orphie to have her own life as much as she can, going into "sleep mode" so that the girl can have a snack, even if it's against the rules.
It's just.
so many characters carry the weight of lives on their back, in their pockets, but their sides. There's so much death and loss, and pain and heartache, and yet ...
I dunno. There's life. Fields of Flowers blooming in a hollow. Strength gifted in excess used to protect. the Shimmer of silver coins thrown away to make an unfortunate kid with nothing be allowed to have something. The sound of Homecoming. Of a Song shared between sisters carried beyond their lifespans.
It's stories written in Blood, and sweat, and oil, and tears, and coolant, and fur, and spinal fluid, and guts, and everything else.
Life starts. It stops. It carries on. But it only carries on so long as someone cares. So long there is someone to keep and share the memories, the music, the lyrics, the scripts, the episodes and the movies, to water the plants, to see it happen!
life only carries on if there is someone that cares enough to carry it on. And ZZZ seems to say that, there will be someone that cares enough. It just might need to be you.
