Momentarily, Zechs forgot Hakuba was in the next room, and held Tyki as closely as he could without harming a man who was so clearly injured. His lips against Tyki's hair, he tried to use the man's presence to calm all of the emotion within him. Though at the moment, he was actively yearning for the ZERO. "You have nothing to apologize for."
Some of that yearning could be heard in his voice when Zechs answered Tyki's question. "If I had somehow seen the battle before hand. Perhaps with ... I might have been able to save you all of that danger, and pain. I could have spared you all of this."
Stubbornly, he asserted, "I couldn't merely wait for your return, my love. Not without knowing how you were, or ... It was the only tool I had available to my person. It was the only way I could have anything but defenseless to help you."
Somehow it seemed important to convince Tyki of this.
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Some of that yearning could be heard in his voice when Zechs answered Tyki's question. "If I had somehow seen the battle before hand. Perhaps with ... I might have been able to save you all of that danger, and pain. I could have spared you all of this."
Stubbornly, he asserted, "I couldn't merely wait for your return, my love. Not without knowing how you were, or ... It was the only tool I had available to my person. It was the only way I could have anything but defenseless to help you."
Somehow it seemed important to convince Tyki of this.