Alice's arm tightens around Diamond as she spoke. She does feel the same way. All of that anger and want to lash out that she had kept under wraps since she was a child, that she had learned to control... She wants nothing more than to unleash that again. Even in spite of Mana's words before, she wants to hurt that which has hurt them, if that's what it takes to shield both of them...
Yet, Mana's words still ring in her head, from now and before. She finds herself in the unenviable position of understanding both of them, of feeling like both of them are right. One driven by her instinct and heart, the other by her mind, and that which she knows should be rational. But then, this situation isn't very rational in general, is it?
"I know how you feel, Rikka-chan... I do... I... want to do everything I can to protect you both... even before this, I would have..."
A discussion aboard the Shepherd crosses her mind, before they confronted the Navy. Her resolve then was that if it was people who would hurt them, she wouldn't consider their lives over Mana and Rikka's. If anything, she had held that belief long before this past month.
"Um..." There is a slight tug at her shoe, but she barely notices it for the moment.
"To fight without that hate and anger right now would be so difficult, but- but Rikka-chan... our power rejected us on that beach..." She moves her left arm slightly, enough that she winces, but only a little bit. It's enough to show there's something wrong with it. "It- it's rejected me here, now... If that is all we can fight with, I do not know we can protect one another..."
She isn't saying that Rikka shouldn't feel like that. She can't say that. But if she can't rely on that power...
"Cure Ace took Mana-chan's Lovies when her heart was at its lowest... I think I understand that even more, now... but what I do not understand..." She looks at Cure Heart, and gulps again. "These feelings cannot simply be erased, Mana-chan... so I do not know how we can truly be Precure and have the power to even do that anymore..."
Then, there's a loud, screeching, panicked sound at their feet.
"Alice! Diamond! CURE HEART!"
A slight blink of her blurred eyes, and a look up.
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Yet, Mana's words still ring in her head, from now and before. She finds herself in the unenviable position of understanding both of them, of feeling like both of them are right. One driven by her instinct and heart, the other by her mind, and that which she knows should be rational. But then, this situation isn't very rational in general, is it?
"I know how you feel, Rikka-chan... I do... I... want to do everything I can to protect you both... even before this, I would have..."
A discussion aboard the Shepherd crosses her mind, before they confronted the Navy. Her resolve then was that if it was people who would hurt them, she wouldn't consider their lives over Mana and Rikka's. If anything, she had held that belief long before this past month.
"Um..." There is a slight tug at her shoe, but she barely notices it for the moment.
"To fight without that hate and anger right now would be so difficult, but- but Rikka-chan... our power rejected us on that beach..." She moves her left arm slightly, enough that she winces, but only a little bit. It's enough to show there's something wrong with it. "It- it's rejected me here, now... If that is all we can fight with, I do not know we can protect one another..."
She isn't saying that Rikka shouldn't feel like that. She can't say that. But if she can't rely on that power...
"Cure Ace took Mana-chan's Lovies when her heart was at its lowest... I think I understand that even more, now... but what I do not understand..." She looks at Cure Heart, and gulps again. "These feelings cannot simply be erased, Mana-chan... so I do not know how we can truly be Precure and have the power to even do that anymore..."
Then, there's a loud, screeching, panicked sound at their feet.
"Alice! Diamond! CURE HEART!"
A slight blink of her blurred eyes, and a look up.
Oh.
Right.
Zombies.