Just as you think its getting a bit stereotypical…

Summary:

As there are still three days until the Falzen (Warrior Sisters) arrive, Kiri, Elle and Farran book into an inn. Rather than eat a well-made meal (by Kiri, as he is not just an awesome carpenter, but an excellent chef) with them, Farran eats alone, abhoring the gruesome, torturous fact that…

*dramatic pause*

He didn’t tell Kiri he hates carrots… *GASP!*

Elle notices her sleeve’s torn so Kiri uses his hands of wonder…

…to fix it.

But not without some (un)welcome additions…

You know you love it, Elle :3

Later, as they walk around the city, they’re noticed by a girl in the streets who at first speaks as politely as possible, until Kiri tells her to relax.

So cute…

She talks of how she admires Elle, her “White Fairy”, for all her work as a Sister and Kiri, her “Wishing Star”, for what he’s done and what he represents (as well as the handiwork on the bear patch). She feels honoured to be a Sister, and was involved in art herself, being a painter, until…

…her parents succumbed to Troi. Even while blaming the Sister for being late and not saving her parents, she was taken in, while still wishing to be a painter. However, she then came across a point when she had been late herself, unable to save the grandchildren of a couple. Expecting to be blamed herself, all she received was a simple “Thank You” for trying to get there.Since then, she’s tried to help as many people as possible, simply enjoying the happiness and words of thanks she receives for her treatments.

As such, she gave up on her dream, but…

Elle explains that they shouldn’t have to go so far, to sacrifice everything, to be Sisters. They should be allowed to at least follow what they wish to do and Heine should’nt give up on being a painter. Heine takes these words to heart and leaves hoping to see them again. Elle says it was Kiri who should her that she should live not only as a Sister but for her own happiness as well, and that if they cure Troi, they can find a way for Heine to achieve her dream.

But…

Nooooooo!! Despair…

Thoughts:

The wait inside the city is giving a good insight into the nature of the characters and their world in general. Its completely understandable the way Heine reacted as a child, she had just lost her parents and was alone only to see the supposed saviour arrive too late. The fact that she felt shame later on and was willing to give up her dreams in order not to make people go through what she did… and may simply die in the next chapter is just tragic. I thought she was a complete throwaway character until the last page; why can’t her hope for a better future lead to her happiness rather than “you’re going to die soon”? Not so much “WTF!” as “Why now!?”

We also got a look into a different perspective of the Sister’s. It seems that most of them have just resigned themselves to their fate (ironically, thats what Heine does here) but its nice to know that there are those that look forward, like Elle (although I swear she was all gloom and doom earlier on). It just goes to show how much Kiri means to not only the people infected with Troi but to them as well; a cure would mean they could all go about their life as normal people doing as they wish, unchained from the burdens, responsibility and fate of self-sacrificial healers.

Please don’t die, Heine ;_;.

The guy who can defeat 500 bandits and break PAVEMENT with a man’s face loses to carrots…

Its like Superman and Kryptonite.