"No yeah, that's--" Anna begins, then stops to drag a hand down her face, still kind of stuck on she really did just almost do that, like a complete dumbass. Breathe in. Breathe out. Malos saved it but. Holy fuck, Anna. Really?
She lets her hand fall. Sighs deeply.
"Look. The takeaway here is that humanity is vile as shit, and when the Aegises refused to fight their war, humanity found a way to make them."
Anna sets her fork down, too angry to eat anymore but that's. Fine. It's fine.
"They created the cannons," Anna said. "Machines capable of razing entire countrysides, killing thousands, wiping entire villages off the map." (Her own included.) "It didn't matter if the Aegises wanted to or not. The power was taken from them, and no longer did they have a say."
Hands clench into fists, tight, fury making her want to get up and run a mile or maybe walk right up to Tethe'alla castle and punch the king in the face. She-- could go into a lot more detail, if she wanted, because if Kratos is good at anything it's accidentally overexplaining shit when he's in a bad brain space. She holds her tongue, though, sorting for the most important bits. She's off-script, at this point, but that's fine, that's fine too.
"And that-- hurts," Anna says, her voice a quiet, bitter laugh. "Having your ether stolen from you is like-- it hurts more than I could probably describe."
(Kratos waking screaming from nightmares that weren't even his, the distrust that never left Mithos' eyes, the Not-Even-Close-To-Here expression that had graced Zelos' face just minutes ago.)
"It's... a good thing you got Zelos out of there, Sheena," she whispers.
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She lets her hand fall. Sighs deeply.
"Look. The takeaway here is that humanity is vile as shit, and when the Aegises refused to fight their war, humanity found a way to make them."
Anna sets her fork down, too angry to eat anymore but that's. Fine. It's fine.
"They created the cannons," Anna said. "Machines capable of razing entire countrysides, killing thousands, wiping entire villages off the map." (Her own included.) "It didn't matter if the Aegises wanted to or not. The power was taken from them, and no longer did they have a say."
Hands clench into fists, tight, fury making her want to get up and run a mile or maybe walk right up to Tethe'alla castle and punch the king in the face. She-- could go into a lot more detail, if she wanted, because if Kratos is good at anything it's accidentally overexplaining shit when he's in a bad brain space. She holds her tongue, though, sorting for the most important bits. She's off-script, at this point, but that's fine, that's fine too.
"And that-- hurts," Anna says, her voice a quiet, bitter laugh. "Having your ether stolen from you is like-- it hurts more than I could probably describe."
(Kratos waking screaming from nightmares that weren't even his, the distrust that never left Mithos' eyes, the Not-Even-Close-To-Here expression that had graced Zelos' face just minutes ago.)
"It's... a good thing you got Zelos out of there, Sheena," she whispers.