"Don't be." She shook her head. It wasn't uncommon for Celes to reject pity, but it wasn't just that, "I'm not."
As wonderful a gift as it was, Magic, and the greed for it's power was dangerous. Even though things were starting to return to normal, some things would never be the same. There wasn't a person alive who hadn't lost a part of themselves in the cataclysm. Even before that, how many lost family, like Cyan or the brothers Figaro? Or loved ones, like Locke? How close had she come to losing everything?
It was nowhere close to losing a loved one, she knew that now, after the time she spent on the island. Unlike Locke, and so many others she got her chance to make things right again, and find those she had lost.
When she thought of it that way, magic was a small price to pay. After the first War of the Magi, the Goddesses must have realized this too. It's why they sealed away their power. Because as wonderful as magic was, there was no comparison when it came to friends, family, and homeland.
And what really had she given up? The ability to create fire on a whim? A fire that, because of magic's nature to protect it's caster, never really felt all that hot to Celes in the first place. It was a dull heat compared to the warmth in Locke's hands around hers.
Realizing this, she offered Locke a small smile, "I have no regrets. Given the chance, I'd do it again in a heartbeat."
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As wonderful a gift as it was, Magic, and the greed for it's power was dangerous. Even though things were starting to return to normal, some things would never be the same. There wasn't a person alive who hadn't lost a part of themselves in the cataclysm. Even before that, how many lost family, like Cyan or the brothers Figaro? Or loved ones, like Locke? How close had she come to losing everything?
It was nowhere close to losing a loved one, she knew that now, after the time she spent on the island. Unlike Locke, and so many others she got her chance to make things right again, and find those she had lost.
When she thought of it that way, magic was a small price to pay. After the first War of the Magi, the Goddesses must have realized this too. It's why they sealed away their power. Because as wonderful as magic was, there was no comparison when it came to friends, family, and homeland.
And what really had she given up? The ability to create fire on a whim? A fire that, because of magic's nature to protect it's caster, never really felt all that hot to Celes in the first place. It was a dull heat compared to the warmth in Locke's hands around hers.
Realizing this, she offered Locke a small smile, "I have no regrets. Given the chance, I'd do it again in a heartbeat."