His parents never told him about the golden crystal, perhaps out of a need to protect him and ensure that no one would take an interest in it after seeing how much attention Queen Serenity received from having the silver crystal proudly on display. Had the forces of the Dark Kingdom been aware of it, they might have attacked Elysion before they stormed the Moon Kingdom.
"I don't plan on it," he tells her, "but if it came down to you or me... Serenity, you have a life here. You have a family, friends, the girls, and Luna. I don't— In this life, I don't—"
Oh. Wow. It was surprisingly harder to talk about, now that he knows what having a family is. Remembering his previously life paints a picture of what he's been missing, giving him a glimpse at what that hollow void in his life ought to have been filled with.
"I don't have that," he finally manages, head bowed. His hand grips the pommel of the sword at hip. "I'm an orphan. I dreamed of you, my princess, but I didn't realize that you were the key to my past life and not the memories that have been blocked since the car accident that took my family from me. No one would miss me, but so many people would miss you."
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"I don't plan on it," he tells her, "but if it came down to you or me... Serenity, you have a life here. You have a family, friends, the girls, and Luna. I don't— In this life, I don't—"
Oh. Wow. It was surprisingly harder to talk about, now that he knows what having a family is. Remembering his previously life paints a picture of what he's been missing, giving him a glimpse at what that hollow void in his life ought to have been filled with.
"I don't have that," he finally manages, head bowed. His hand grips the pommel of the sword at hip. "I'm an orphan. I dreamed of you, my princess, but I didn't realize that you were the key to my past life and not the memories that have been blocked since the car accident that took my family from me. No one would miss me, but so many people would miss you."