003; Heroes

[emptysword]

[Text]
[He's been training through these months, taking a break when he's able to during the festivities, but other than that, he was pretty much scarce in terms of meeting someone new or even just talking to those he's met.

Either ways, his silence was broken by one simple text to the network:]

What is a hero to you? I know it's a broad question, but you don't have to answer if you don't want to.

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[emptysword]

...Just thinking, I guess. Being stuck in a routine tends to do that to me.

[He also noted the uncertainty in the other male's voice, and made a point to not ask for more unless the he was willing to talk about it.]

voice;

[debtor]

[Lightly curious,] What do you think a hero is?

voice;

[emptysword]

Someone who saves not for his own sake, but for the smile of others.

[Just like that man who took him in a long time ago.]

voice;

[debtor]

[Allen pauses, considering this.]

...But what if it's also for his own sake, that he wants to see others smile?

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[emptysword]

It's a contradiction, that's what I've realized.

voice;

[debtor]

So you don't think it's possible?

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[emptysword]

...Maybe. I guess it can be both to some.

[For him, all he wants is to atone for being the survivor of that great fire from long ago...]