[Despite the light tone, a tenseness comes into Fukami's face, a tautness to his features, a hardness in his eyes. It barely manifests itself as a frown or expression besides his usual (lack of) one. He doesn't know what prompts her to ask him that much, but Fukami's loyalty to that witch they're speaking of is deep.
He is—was (a painful correction to make, not entirely true)—in love with her once, after all. But she loves another. Even so, he'll never...]
...
[There is a silence that stretches out following Ellana's question, as he watches her.]
...I could, if I wished to. Wadanohara does not trap us. Her first familiar left her side to do what he thought he had to. Though, that was all for her sake. [A pause.] But, I would not leave. No matter what happened, regardless of what person she became.
[Fukami believes in her, more than anyone else. He believes in her strength, he believes in the goodness that Wadonohara offers, believes that she will always—always protect their sea.]
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He is—was (a painful correction to make, not entirely true)—in love with her once, after all. But she loves another. Even so, he'll never...]
...
[There is a silence that stretches out following Ellana's question, as he watches her.]
...I could, if I wished to. Wadanohara does not trap us. Her first familiar left her side to do what he thought he had to. Though, that was all for her sake. [A pause.] But, I would not leave. No matter what happened, regardless of what person she became.
[Fukami believes in her, more than anyone else. He believes in her strength, he believes in the goodness that Wadonohara offers, believes that she will always—always protect their sea.]