[ . . . he holds onto her then, and rubs her back. if she cries, then he'll just hug her through it, steady and calm.]

... I know. I know you don't, Mete-chan. No one here wants to hurt each other either.

[garou not included - but even garou wouldn't go this far, buzen's pretty sure.

it's a hard thing for buzen to handle. he wants to be comforting, but he doesn't want to look away from everything so difficult either. but meteion is different from him. she's small, she's not meant for war. how does he support her without telling lies?]

... but I think that's why, eventually, we're going to win. We won't let this place beat us. There's too many people here who care an awful lot.

It might just be a little scary, and hard, on the way. But I won't leave you alone, no matter what.