I'm not entirely sure about this ficbit, but I suppose they don't all spring fully-formed from the head of Zeus.
From Landing (http://owlmoose.livejournal.com/204912.html#cutid1)
Note: I haven't read A Guardian's Legacy yet, but Landing seemed to billed as a stand-alone, so I hope you'll forgive if I make any canon slips.
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"Mmm. I've asked myself that so many times. And it was not easy to answer, even to myself." Lulu drew in a slow breath. "I love him, Yuna. We brought a child into the world together --a wonderful, vibrant little soul who astounds me everyday. But..." She lowered her eyes.
"But it just wasn't meant to be?" Yuna offered softly, placing a hand over Lulu's.
"No. I would never say that. Vidina came from what we had together so I would never, ever say that it was not meant to be. For the time that it was, it was meant to be. And I will always cherish our time together and our shared memories. I have nothing to regret."
"But time keeps moving."
"Yes, it does. As does the heart. And I came to realize I was just clinging. I had spent my entire life clinging."
"We all did, then. We clung to a false hope and to the wrong stories."
"And everyone was just clinging to life, as though holding our breath in fear for Sin. People clung to each other because they were alive in that moment. One more year, one more day, one more second. I clung to death, Yuna. And I was not happy, you knew that. Anyone could have seen that. It took me a long time to stop doing that. When the pilgrimage was over, I visited Guadosalam one last time to say goodbye. I said goodbye to Lady Ginnem." Lulu's voice broke slightly. "I said goodbye to Chappu. To my parents. To Luzzu. To Sir Auron. And Tidus." She paused at the mention of Yuna's beau, reddening slightly.
"I thought I'd left him at the farplane, too." Yuna glowed with a smile that belonged to young love.
"I said goodbye to everyone, every death I had ever mourned. And when I returned to Besaid, Wakka was there. So full of life, like always and I thought it was what I needed. And maybe it was, then. I needed life. And it flourished between us." Lulu brought her hands together and raised her shoulders. "But then, not so long ago, I realized I hadn't so much as summoned a minor water spell in months. I hid indoors and sealed the windows during the storms rather than reveling in the elements laid bare. I'm a mage. I was clinging to the life I had thought I should be living at the cost my being."
Yuna nodded, her eyes beginning to glisten.
"I love him and I love what we have made, but I did not love that life. I will not cling anymore. It's time for letting go."
"I've been waiting since the day you left on Lady Ginnem's pilgrimage." Yuna half-swallowed a sob and drew Lulu into in an embrace. "Welcome home, Lulu."
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From Landing (http://owlmoose.livejournal.com/204912.html#cutid1)
Note: I haven't read A Guardian's Legacy yet, but Landing seemed to billed as a stand-alone, so I hope you'll forgive if I make any canon slips.
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"Mmm. I've asked myself that so many times. And it was not easy to answer, even to myself." Lulu drew in a slow breath. "I love him, Yuna. We brought a child into the world together --a wonderful, vibrant little soul who astounds me everyday. But..." She lowered her eyes.
"But it just wasn't meant to be?" Yuna offered softly, placing a hand over Lulu's.
"No. I would never say that. Vidina came from what we had together so I would never, ever say that it was not meant to be. For the time that it was, it was meant to be. And I will always cherish our time together and our shared memories. I have nothing to regret."
"But time keeps moving."
"Yes, it does. As does the heart. And I came to realize I was just clinging. I had spent my entire life clinging."
"We all did, then. We clung to a false hope and to the wrong stories."
"And everyone was just clinging to life, as though holding our breath in fear for Sin. People clung to each other because they were alive in that moment. One more year, one more day, one more second. I clung to death, Yuna. And I was not happy, you knew that. Anyone could have seen that. It took me a long time to stop doing that. When the pilgrimage was over, I visited Guadosalam one last time to say goodbye. I said goodbye to Lady Ginnem." Lulu's voice broke slightly. "I said goodbye to Chappu. To my parents. To Luzzu. To Sir Auron. And Tidus." She paused at the mention of Yuna's beau, reddening slightly.
"I thought I'd left him at the farplane, too." Yuna glowed with a smile that belonged to young love.
"I said goodbye to everyone, every death I had ever mourned. And when I returned to Besaid, Wakka was there. So full of life, like always and I thought it was what I needed. And maybe it was, then. I needed life. And it flourished between us." Lulu brought her hands together and raised her shoulders. "But then, not so long ago, I realized I hadn't so much as summoned a minor water spell in months. I hid indoors and sealed the windows during the storms rather than reveling in the elements laid bare. I'm a mage. I was clinging to the life I had thought I should be living at the cost my being."
Yuna nodded, her eyes beginning to glisten.
"I love him and I love what we have made, but I did not love that life. I will not cling anymore. It's time for letting go."
"I've been waiting since the day you left on Lady Ginnem's pilgrimage." Yuna half-swallowed a sob and drew Lulu into in an embrace. "Welcome home, Lulu."