[It's a promise Kratos doesn't take lightly, either to Genis or to Raine, but he can't help but glance northward -- where Lloyd, even now, might be fighting his own people; where the mana cannons are even now charging, and must nearly be finished. The angels are already herding the children toward the south.
[Kratos turns back to Anna, reaching up to swiftly pull a necklace off; he steps forward, pushing it into her hands, kissing her on the forehead.]
Don't die before me.
[She takes the necklace, smiling into his collarbone, and steps back with the crystal on the end of the chain glowing.]
Not planning on it.
[Kratos is already turning away to run northward. Light shines across the ground, and behind him Anna's wings bloom in facets of gold light, her voice strengthened by threads of mana.]
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[It's a promise Kratos doesn't take lightly, either to Genis or to Raine, but he can't help but glance northward -- where Lloyd, even now, might be fighting his own people; where the mana cannons are even now charging, and must nearly be finished. The angels are already herding the children toward the south.
[Kratos turns back to Anna, reaching up to swiftly pull a necklace off; he steps forward, pushing it into her hands, kissing her on the forehead.]
Don't die before me.
[She takes the necklace, smiling into his collarbone, and steps back with the crystal on the end of the chain glowing.]
Not planning on it.
[Kratos is already turning away to run northward. Light shines across the ground, and behind him Anna's wings bloom in facets of gold light, her voice strengthened by threads of mana.]
Hurry, everyone. Before the cannons sound.