He wasn't seeing you. You reminded him of everything he can't handle at once. In that instant, you got to see a part of him he would never have let you seen if he didn't love you so much it burns.
I don't know how much he's told you about his past, but there are many dark terrible things in it that he cannot forgive. Not for anything or anyone, understand?
[He holds both hands up, his expression softening as it did earlier with Chandra. The one good thing he can say for this island is the constant peace it whispers like a cold cruel lie is at least soothing on everyone who isn't a phoenix.]
That isn't a part of him you need to fix or heal. But it is a part you need to understand exists. It can't be changed, but if you are to ever see Ikki as Ikki you need to know that it's there. When... [Closes his eyes again and shivers, looking away for a bit.] When you can see that deep into a man, it can hurt. Hurt you.
From the start he told me... he told me he was worried you'd be hurt just being that close to the flames. [He runs a hand through his hair with a sigh before looking at the ground.] I didn't listen well, I suppose. I told him not to assume you couldn't handle it.
[Looking back to Selphie, Marco places both hands on her shoulders and kneels down in the sand.] Listen well.
You are both nakama and as such I will defend you to the death. I do not want you hurt. Especially not by my brother. But he is my brother, and I must protect him too. He gave you a lot of trust, letting you see that. But because you don't understand what it means, it will hurt you both. I don't know how to fix that yet, if it even can be, but the more you think something like that, the more it will burn him in ways he will hate. It isn't you he hates. It's the pain. It's your tears. I'm not saying you must never hurt or cry, that's impossible. I'm saying that when you think of yourself as someone who could be hated, he will hate himself for making you feel that. And that hate, that toxic pain, is a kind of burn few can understand.
And I'll tell you something else too.... I have never loved a woman enough to let them see something like that in me. Never. You were given a rare gift and you don't even know it. I do not even allow my own brothers to see such things.
But if you are to stand that close to his pyre, you must understand you can't think it is you who caused it start burning. You can't. Am I getting through to you Selphie?
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I don't know how much he's told you about his past, but there are many dark terrible things in it that he cannot forgive. Not for anything or anyone, understand?
[He holds both hands up, his expression softening as it did earlier with Chandra. The one good thing he can say for this island is the constant peace it whispers like a cold cruel lie is at least soothing on everyone who isn't a phoenix.]
That isn't a part of him you need to fix or heal. But it is a part you need to understand exists. It can't be changed, but if you are to ever see Ikki as Ikki you need to know that it's there. When... [Closes his eyes again and shivers, looking away for a bit.] When you can see that deep into a man, it can hurt. Hurt you.
From the start he told me... he told me he was worried you'd be hurt just being that close to the flames. [He runs a hand through his hair with a sigh before looking at the ground.] I didn't listen well, I suppose. I told him not to assume you couldn't handle it.
[Looking back to Selphie, Marco places both hands on her shoulders and kneels down in the sand.] Listen well.
You are both nakama and as such I will defend you to the death. I do not want you hurt. Especially not by my brother. But he is my brother, and I must protect him too. He gave you a lot of trust, letting you see that. But because you don't understand what it means, it will hurt you both. I don't know how to fix that yet, if it even can be, but the more you think something like that, the more it will burn him in ways he will hate. It isn't you he hates. It's the pain. It's your tears. I'm not saying you must never hurt or cry, that's impossible. I'm saying that when you think of yourself as someone who could be hated, he will hate himself for making you feel that. And that hate, that toxic pain, is a kind of burn few can understand.
And I'll tell you something else too.... I have never loved a woman enough to let them see something like that in me. Never. You were given a rare gift and you don't even know it. I do not even allow my own brothers to see such things.
But if you are to stand that close to his pyre, you must understand you can't think it is you who caused it start burning. You can't. Am I getting through to you Selphie?