[this is the first time he's met someone that was like that. the friends of stahn's kyle had met before were swordian masters, or people from his hometown in leane.
it makes him wonder if maybe this could be a clue to when he is, though.]
[kyle frowns for a moment, because that really doesn't answer too much about when he's from—aside from the fact that it had to be at least eight years ago.
and probably more, if she didn't know who he was, since she seemed surprised to know that stahn had a son at all.]
This might sound weird, but... [it's definitely going to sound weird, but kyle is not the brains of the party, and without judas to nudge him to shut the hell up? he just goes with his gut here.] How old was he the last time you saw him?
[kyle needs a minute to do math, counting on his fingers—of course, it doesn't take long for kyle to figure out that it was eighteen years before his time...
which is also how old he was when he became a hero.]
Eeeeeh?! [he's so, so much like stahn sometimes that it's uncanny.] You knew Dad then? That's when he became a hero!
[and she's treating it so casually? otome, what kind of person are you!!]
[uh-oh. now kyle has no idea what kind of timeline he's in. and he's probably not helping himself here because he's not exactly smart enough to play things down right.]
Your father and I are from different worlds. Which would probably explain why you're lost, and how you got separated from your friends.
[ ... Although she's not that used to people from other worlds ending up in hers-- still, it's not impossible. And it's why Otome will even say that much. ]
...Could you tell me more about it? I want to hear more about dad! Mom never said anything about... anything like that...
[but there had been a lot rutee never told him, even if he knows that it had been because she wanted to protect him from remembering some terrible things.]
right, kyle nearly forgot that she wouldn't know. even back home, most people really didn't know what happened to stahn to his knowledge. of course, he'd been kept in the dark for a long time—but what happened to him was still a few years after otome had last seen him.
if there were really things like separate worlds that separated them on top of some kind of timeline stuff, she really couldn't know. kyle's expression falls just a bit—he doesn't want to get too down about it.]
I don't really remember a lot about him. The last time I saw Dad was... ten years ago. [he was too small to have very vivid memories of anything like that.]
[ Kyle is... most definitely a teenager, but he's still young. At his youngest, had he been a toddler when Stahn had disappeared? Assuming Stahn had disappeared, and that he hadn't died, or been killed - and something a lot like maternal panic rises up in her throat until she forces it back down - but she doesn't want to think like that yet.
[she's definitely not wrong for having that maternal panic, and she's going to learn firsthand just why that it. kyle knows that dumping this information on someone he just met isn't something most people would advise.
but she was stahn's friend, wasn't she?
she was someone who deserved to know, even though... kyle has never had to actually put this into words before. not since he learned the truth has he actually needed to say it. so he hesitates—though his composure is surprisingly solid for a fifteen year old boy delivering this kind of news.]
He... was killed. [it dooesn't stop kyle's jaw from clenching a bit, or from his hands from balling into fists—though it's more anger that fuels that. such is the life when you've already fought his killer twice.]
[ That... of course, there had been that possibility, but Otome hadn't really wanted to think that it was more than plausible-- that it was Kyle's reality, and that meant that it was actually true. That the sunny-haired, always-looking forward young man she'd met and had come to love with as much affection and ferocity as any mother would treat her son was...
She has to struggle very hard in that instant, not to say anything too pained, to simply swallow back her initial reaction and bite her lower lip until she's certain the tears will remain at bay for now.
It feels like a lie, but if Kyle is anything like Stahn (which he most certainly is, she can tell that much already), it's entirely true, what he's saying. ]
That... sounds like him. [ she says at last, although from the way devastation grips at her throat, she doesn't sound as composed as she'd prefer. ] Wanting to protect everyone...
[kyle knew it wouldn't be easy to tell anyone this situation, and while his composure is very good—he doesn't look like he'll cry at all—he does have to avert his gaze a bit. even though he's just met otome, it's hard for him to look at her when she's fighting back such a pained expression.
he's not entirely equipped to deal with this kind of a thing. and from the way she responds, there are two things he can absolutely be sure of: she's devastated by the news... and that stahn was definitely an important friend to her.
there's still a lot about the situation that he very clearly doesn't understand—being in a different world, the way they met, how things have even ended up this way.
but there is one thing he knows, and one thing he has to tell otome with conviction.]
That's... why Dad is hero. And this time... I want to save him. [actually.] I'm going to.
[it's fine being reala's hero and all, but he's realized that he needs to fix the timeline that elraine broke—which in turn, was what killed stahn.]
[ There's a moment, in which Otome looks briefly puzzled-- if just because she's pretty sure Kyle just said he was dead. So saving him is a little...
But no, she can all too clearly remember events from her world, even when they'd reset it, thanks to her encountering Hiro again. Resetting the world to rid it of demons.... resetting the world to reverse their deaths and to bring Hiro back... there are ways to bring people back from death, and of course she knows that, even if it's not something that's readily available. ]
... You're going to reset time, aren't you?
[ Or hire a necromancer, but let's not have that be an option. ]
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[ She's heard those names before, and as she takes a closer look at Kyle, considering-- her eyes suddenly widen. ]
Stahn...
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Uh-huh! That's... my dad.
[he won't think about the worst parts of this, because he figures she doesn't know. nobody really does, after all.]
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[ SHE IS NOT GOING TO THINK ABOUT HER SON HAVING A SON AND WHAT THAT MAKES HER, NOPE. ]
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[that's what he's fighting for in a sense, though he obviously isn't going to say that.]
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[ Really, why hadn't she noticed the resemblance sooner? ]
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[that seems like a strange thing to say. not that he doesn't know what it means, but that implies—]
Eh?! Do you... know Dad? [that's the kind of thing his friends would say when they met him, people like Philia and Woodrow.]
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[ Not like... years, though???? ]
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[this is the first time he's met someone that was like that. the friends of stahn's kyle had met before were swordian masters, or people from his hometown in leane.
it makes him wonder if maybe this could be a clue to when he is, though.]
When was the last time you saw my dad?
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[ ... And unless he'd already had a kid, which should technically be impossible-- ]
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[kyle frowns for a moment, because that really doesn't answer too much about when he's from—aside from the fact that it had to be at least eight years ago.
and probably more, if she didn't know who he was, since she seemed surprised to know that stahn had a son at all.]
This might sound weird, but... [it's definitely going to sound weird, but kyle is not the brains of the party, and without judas to nudge him to shut the hell up? he just goes with his gut here.] How old was he the last time you saw him?
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Nineteen?
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[kyle needs a minute to do math, counting on his fingers—of course, it doesn't take long for kyle to figure out that it was eighteen years before his time...
which is also how old he was when he became a hero.]
Eeeeeh?! [he's so, so much like stahn sometimes that it's uncanny.] You knew Dad then? That's when he became a hero!
[and she's treating it so casually? otome, what kind of person are you!!]
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Mm, that doesn't surprise me at all. Stahn was always trying to look out for everyone else, doing whatever he could to help.
[ Totally a hero in her eyes. ]
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[uh-oh. now kyle has no idea what kind of timeline he's in. and he's probably not helping himself here because he's not exactly smart enough to play things down right.]
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[ ... Although she's not that used to people from other worlds ending up in hers-- still, it's not impossible. And it's why Otome will even say that much. ]
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[different times, he's ready for. but this?]
Different worlds?! [just like dad, honestly.]
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[ To put it simply. ]
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[but there had been a lot rutee never told him, even if he knows that it had been because she wanted to protect him from remembering some terrible things.]
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[ For that matter... wouldn't Kyle more know about Stahn at this point than she would? He is his son. ]
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right, kyle nearly forgot that she wouldn't know. even back home, most people really didn't know what happened to stahn to his knowledge. of course, he'd been kept in the dark for a long time—but what happened to him was still a few years after otome had last seen him.
if there were really things like separate worlds that separated them on top of some kind of timeline stuff, she really couldn't know. kyle's expression falls just a bit—he doesn't want to get too down about it.]
I don't really remember a lot about him. The last time I saw Dad was... ten years ago. [he was too small to have very vivid memories of anything like that.]
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[ Kyle is... most definitely a teenager, but he's still young. At his youngest, had he been a toddler when Stahn had disappeared? Assuming Stahn had disappeared, and that he hadn't died, or been killed - and something a lot like maternal panic rises up in her throat until she forces it back down - but she doesn't want to think like that yet.
Something tightens in her chest, nonetheless. ]
... May I ask what happened?
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but she was stahn's friend, wasn't she?
she was someone who deserved to know, even though... kyle has never had to actually put this into words before. not since he learned the truth has he actually needed to say it. so he hesitates—though his composure is surprisingly solid for a fifteen year old boy delivering this kind of news.]
He... was killed. [it dooesn't stop kyle's jaw from clenching a bit, or from his hands from balling into fists—though it's more anger that fuels that. such is the life when you've already fought his killer twice.]
Trying to protect Loni and me... and Mom too.
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[ That... of course, there had been that possibility, but Otome hadn't really wanted to think that it was more than plausible-- that it was Kyle's reality, and that meant that it was actually true. That the sunny-haired, always-looking forward young man she'd met and had come to love with as much affection and ferocity as any mother would treat her son was...
She has to struggle very hard in that instant, not to say anything too pained, to simply swallow back her initial reaction and bite her lower lip until she's certain the tears will remain at bay for now.
It feels like a lie, but if Kyle is anything like Stahn (which he most certainly is, she can tell that much already), it's entirely true, what he's saying. ]
That... sounds like him. [ she says at last, although from the way devastation grips at her throat, she doesn't sound as composed as she'd prefer. ] Wanting to protect everyone...
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he's not entirely equipped to deal with this kind of a thing. and from the way she responds, there are two things he can absolutely be sure of: she's devastated by the news... and that stahn was definitely an important friend to her.
there's still a lot about the situation that he very clearly doesn't understand—being in a different world, the way they met, how things have even ended up this way.
but there is one thing he knows, and one thing he has to tell otome with conviction.]
That's... why Dad is hero. And this time... I want to save him. [actually.] I'm going to.
[it's fine being reala's hero and all, but he's realized that he needs to fix the timeline that elraine broke—which in turn, was what killed stahn.]
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But no, she can all too clearly remember events from her world, even when they'd reset it, thanks to her encountering Hiro again. Resetting the world to rid it of demons.... resetting the world to reverse their deaths and to bring Hiro back... there are ways to bring people back from death, and of course she knows that, even if it's not something that's readily available. ]
... You're going to reset time, aren't you?
[ Or hire a necromancer, but let's not have that be an option. ]
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