[ He doesn't know, it occurs to Izana then. Probably? That Machina is a White Tiger l'Cie. That if the Marshal Alstyne was who they were going up against, the White Tiger l'Cie would have been there by his side. Fighting them, too.
And Machina so did not want to fight Ace.
(Or maybe he knows and doesn't want to tell Izana. Or maybe what Izana was afraid of still did happen, and Ace doesn't want to tell him. All of these are possible.)
But Izana's chest hurts far, far too much to be able to push Ace further.
His hands twitch, but then he does reach out, to squeeze Ace's shoulder, lightly. ]
Ace... Machina made a big choice. Probably... a very dumb choice, because he was alone and afraid that he wasn't strong enough and it offered him a solution, or he thought it did. But he made it, and he wasn't there when you needed him. He let you down. I get that. But...
I can't care about him any less because of that. I hope you'll be able to understand.
action;
And Machina so did not want to fight Ace.
(Or maybe he knows and doesn't want to tell Izana. Or maybe what Izana was afraid of still did happen, and Ace doesn't want to tell him. All of these are possible.)
But Izana's chest hurts far, far too much to be able to push Ace further.
His hands twitch, but then he does reach out, to squeeze Ace's shoulder, lightly. ]
Ace... Machina made a big choice. Probably... a very dumb choice, because he was alone and afraid that he wasn't strong enough and it offered him a solution, or he thought it did. But he made it, and he wasn't there when you needed him. He let you down. I get that. But...
I can't care about him any less because of that. I hope you'll be able to understand.
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That's not the point, here, Izana!]