[Cloche doesn't even get mad at all of that. She simply closes her eyes, listens to everything he says, takes it all in. Despite the bad life, despite being called terrible things, being the Maiden of Taboo, or Maiden of Disaster, she knows why. She knows why she wants to help Metafalss.
When he's done, she'll open her eyes once again, leveling them on him. A smile takes form, and after a moment, in a crackling voice, she'll reply:]
Because when I see how hard everyone else tries for a better world, for Metafalica, I want to help them. I want to give them the world they've been dreaming of for hundreds of years. Everyone works so hard to do so, in their own way, to create their perfect world. I want to help them in that if I can, I want to sing Metafalica and give everyone more land. I don't want to lose any more than we have already. If a sacrifice like that helps everyone, even if I never agreed with the Grand Bell policies, then I'll do it. Seeing everyone's smiling faces when the land is reborn is what I've been striving for since I was young. If I stopped now, what would it accomplish?
I've sneaked out on more than one occasion, and seeing the lives of everyone in Pastalia, in the Slums, even in the farthest reaches of the Rim, how everyone tries is what drives me. But if that's what it takes, then I'm willing to do it. Even if these are things I want so badly. I've made more than enough friends in my trials at home, but it's still hard. I go against how I was taught, and part of me thinks it's wrong. I want to be the person that everyone looks up to and cheers on, knowing that I do everything for them. But I want to be a regular girl too. I don't know how to be. Touma, he... told me I should do things for myself. I've been trying to. But when this happens, when I think it's all right, this happens. And then I know I have to be cursed.
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When he's done, she'll open her eyes once again, leveling them on him. A smile takes form, and after a moment, in a crackling voice, she'll reply:]
Because when I see how hard everyone else tries for a better world, for Metafalica, I want to help them. I want to give them the world they've been dreaming of for hundreds of years. Everyone works so hard to do so, in their own way, to create their perfect world. I want to help them in that if I can, I want to sing Metafalica and give everyone more land. I don't want to lose any more than we have already. If a sacrifice like that helps everyone, even if I never agreed with the Grand Bell policies, then I'll do it. Seeing everyone's smiling faces when the land is reborn is what I've been striving for since I was young. If I stopped now, what would it accomplish?
I've sneaked out on more than one occasion, and seeing the lives of everyone in Pastalia, in the Slums, even in the farthest reaches of the Rim, how everyone tries is what drives me. But if that's what it takes, then I'm willing to do it. Even if these are things I want so badly. I've made more than enough friends in my trials at home, but it's still hard. I go against how I was taught, and part of me thinks it's wrong. I want to be the person that everyone looks up to and cheers on, knowing that I do everything for them. But I want to be a regular girl too. I don't know how to be. Touma, he... told me I should do things for myself. I've been trying to. But when this happens, when I think it's all right, this happens. And then I know I have to be cursed.
[Her voice cracks more, prompting her to stop.]