That wasn't what I meant [thread;closed]

[magitekrune.livejournal.com]

Characters: Terra and Celes
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Celes actually goes to explain what she did back during the travel time
Location: Lindblum, Inn
Date: May
Warnings: None for now


Something had been bothering Celes for quite a while. She'd meant to actually say something about it during the journey back to the Mist Continent but her talk with Rasler had pushed it back down, not wanting to bring the exact same subject up again with someone else. Of course, talking about it with Locke would be another matter entirely and one she'd deal with in the future... maybe... but that future wasn't here. Right now, she was crossing Lindblum's streets after arriving in the city, looking for the Inn, where she was to meet Terra. The green-haired girl deserved an explanation and that was what she'd come to give, no matter how difficult it would be.

This sort of thing didn't come easily for her.

Pushing open the door, she peered in before slipping inside. "Terra?" she called, glancing around for any sign of her friend.

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[alittlebitesper.livejournal.com]

"I think we were all upset at the ceremony, Celes." Terra smiled at the waiter as she accepted her drink. "You did seem a bit more put off by it than everyone else, though." She added. Terra had been as well, though not to the same extent. In a way, the idea had actually kind of frightened Terra. Love was something she didn't understand, and such blatant ceremony for it was disconcerting.

"It is alright though. You are not being stiff now." She paused, and then smiled faintly, almost teasingly. "Well, mostly."

[magitekrune.livejournal.com]

Terra's teasing brought a small bit of warmth to Celes' persona, causing her to relax slightly. It was good to know that Terra wasn't particularly upset with her over what had happened. She'd had her reasons, but she could have gone through with it a bit better.

"It's not just that," she admitted slowly, focusing on stirring her straw through her drink. "It's the fact that I wanted to protect you. And I knew Locke. I didn't know any of the others. If something were to happen or go wrong, I trusted Locke to keep you safe."

Finally, she glanced up to see how Terra would take that. It was a side the ex-general didn't often show, but one that was no less sincere than the stiff front she usually put up.