He was, again, of two minds about it. Part of him insisted that she was back for real this time, she would defect and come back to him, she was here and his and no more troubles or worries. And part of him hissed that she had come to destroy them all, destroy her first, put her through the pain he felt, turn her friends on her and then drag her back.
(Not multiple personalities but dueling emotions, emotions so hotcold they flung his body about like a puppet, his whole self submerged in them. Usually, he could navigate a safe middle path through the storm of his feelings - he had done so before, playing at Celes returning and hoping for a good response - and he was doing so now, balancing his rage at the events of the last few days and his sorrow at his losses and his desperate want for a return, come back come back come back - )
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He was, again, of two minds about it. Part of him insisted that she was back for real this time, she would defect and come back to him, she was here and his and no more troubles or worries. And part of him hissed that she had come to destroy them all, destroy her first, put her through the pain he felt, turn her friends on her and then drag her back.
(Not multiple personalities but dueling emotions, emotions so hotcold they flung his body about like a puppet, his whole self submerged in them. Usually, he could navigate a safe middle path through the storm of his feelings - he had done so before, playing at Celes returning and hoping for a good response - and he was doing so now, balancing his rage at the events of the last few days and his sorrow at his losses and his desperate want for a return, come back come back come back - )
"And my little ploy worked, didn't it?"