"I guess I have to hope not," she shuddered. Rikku was going to stretch out. This was cozy. The heck with it. The island said she was supposed to be here. Good enough for her.
"The Guardian thing? I'm kinda ... maybe I don't count, any more. As one. 'Cause Yunie's safe and all, so I'm not standing right next to her protecting her. Except I still am. I mean, I promised my life to her, if she needed it. And we did it. We got her to Zanarkand. That's ..."
The whole blitz stadium, cheering for Yuna. Cheering for them, even her, standing there in her Al Bhed garb. Except it wasn't about that, or the way Auron was a hero. It was ... who she was, now. Protector. Fighter. Guardian.
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"The Guardian thing? I'm kinda ... maybe I don't count, any more. As one. 'Cause Yunie's safe and all, so I'm not standing right next to her protecting her. Except I still am. I mean, I promised my life to her, if she needed it. And we did it. We got her to Zanarkand. That's ..."
The whole blitz stadium, cheering for Yuna. Cheering for them, even her, standing there in her Al Bhed garb. Except it wasn't about that, or the way Auron was a hero. It was ... who she was, now. Protector. Fighter. Guardian.