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Lucian flinched a little when Hoshi spoke. He looked at her for a long moment, then shook his head.[color=gold]“Hoshi… no.”[/color] He said softly. [color=gold]“None of what happened is your fault. The Islands fell because the darkness was too big for any of us. Not because you weren’t fast enough.”[/color]

He stood up a little straighter. [color=gold]“And just because I’m a prince doesn’t mean I stop caring about my friends. Alias isn’t ‘just one person.’ He’s family. Just like you.”[/color] He furrowed his brows. [color=gold]“I can’t pretend otherwise just because I learned I’ve got some royal title attached to my name.”[/color]

[color=gold]“And yeah… if we have to lock worlds, we’ll probably be going in different directions.”[/color] He didn’t hide how much that scared him. [color=gold]“But splitting up doesn’t mean we stop being together. Not in the ways that matter. Alias is important to you. He’s important to me too. So if you’re going… I’m going.”[/color] He didn’t raise his voice. He didn’t make a big, dramatic claim. It was just a fact.