I thinkkkk I did this a long time ago but hey I’ve probably improvedand a fresh take is always fun
It had been five years since you’d departed—no, not fromthis world, he would not yet accept it. But from his arms in the final standoffwith Grima, the eldritch dragon whose singular purpose was to destroy all thatyou loved. A being that had robbed your futures in another life, powerful enoughfor even the great goddess to bend the laws of time.
Grateful was he that your bonds in this lifetime kept yourmind sane, your heart free of evil. Yet even that did not come without itscosts. Your heart pure, you decided that with your resolve that you wouldvanquish the great evil for good, not to slay it and let it be another generation’sproblem to solve later
He knew this was the right thing. He knew this, he would—godsif it were any one else he would suggest, heavy as a heart may be. But with you?Heavens forfend…but he would have done anything, anything to stop you. He hadentrusted Chrom with your life! The man he served so loyally, had let you, hisbeloved take herself for the sake of humankind. They thought that he, of allpeople would understand and that he of all people understood that some thingswere meant to be done for the greater good.
But it was he, the gentle priest who had raised his voicefor the first time in his life, in the presence of a royal…he couldn’t care. “Bringher back!” he demanded, streams of tears running down the once impassive face.Chrom couldn’t, but he was stubborn as hell that he would come back. Over andover he told Libra this and somehow, even Libra never shred that last scrap ofhope.