Part 905: Lucina B
Another village wiped out by the Risen. Another step toward a dark future...
Tsk tsk tsk. Such a grim countenance...
Oh, it's you.
Looks like someone forgot her daily smiling practice!
Now is hardly the time!
Now is PRECISELY the time!
In dark times like this, you just have to keep grinning until you feel happy.
A village was butchered, Inigo! Men and women, slaughtered! Would you have me charge into battle with a grin on my face? Giggle my way through war meetings?! Laugh as my steel pierces flesh?! There are times when a person has no business smiling!
Gods, but you ARE grave...
All right, then. It looks like drastic measures are in order.
Wh-what are you... Get your hands away from--
Tickle tickle tickle!
S-stop that! Stop...AH HA HA! I-Inig... AH HA HA HA! Stop! Stop! Stop that this instant! Stop before I cut off your hands!
Well? Feel any happier?
I feel annoyed! I told you, I'm not in the mood for such folly. Now leave me be.
Hm, so tickling is off limits, then? Perhaps it's time for a little...
NO! Do not attempt anything! Do not even speak! JUST! BE! QUIET!
......
...Thank you.
......
Inigo, what are you... What is that...some kind of strange new dance?
...What is wrong with your face? Are you in pain...?
Ha ha! I'm fine, Lucina. It's called miming! That was my "man trapped in a box." Entertaining, no? And entirely silent! Mother taught me that one. She said she uses it quite often.
That isn't what I meant when I told you to be quiet!
Well how else am I supposed to help you practice?
ENOUGH, Inigo! What must I do to convince you to leave me in peace? Unlike you, my head is not filled with rainbows and sunshine. I carry sense enough to realize the dire straits we find ourselves in. I have no desire to smile right now, and even less to fake one! If you're too dense to understand that, I don't know how to help you!
...All right, Lucina, all right. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to......I'll see you later. (leaves)
...... Blast.
I shouldn't have lost my temper. I know he meant well...