They're all cheering for him. They're even reaching for him, despite the presence of the Rose Queen, but Gongenzaka bites back the urge to interfere when Yuuya darts forward- he remembers well what they spoke about. Remembers, despite the pain, and accepts it. He has an egg, he tells himself, he has an egg-
He needs to focus. "The strength of our love, and OUR friendship," he thunders. His vines work away at the earth while hidden by his own bulk and foiliage until they can reach the roots beneath, but rather than grab at them, they simply rest against them as two hands would in his mind.
This is his way of reaching out. This, and that of his soul- and his soul and his heart cry for Steven to hold on, FIGHT!- drawing from the magic he learned to heal poisons, and from the magic he learned to find spirits, and praying that between the hearts around his friend and between the power of Creation itself, Steven finds his full strength. Not just to fight the Rose Queen...
But escape...
"THAT POWER FAR EXCEEDS WHAT 'LOVE' YOU CLAIM TO HAVE, ROSE QUEEN! TO CLAIM OTHERWISE IS UNFORGIVABLE!"
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He needs to focus. "The strength of our love, and OUR friendship," he thunders. His vines work away at the earth while hidden by his own bulk and foiliage until they can reach the roots beneath, but rather than grab at them, they simply rest against them as two hands would in his mind.
This is his way of reaching out. This, and that of his soul- and his soul and his heart cry for Steven to hold on, FIGHT!- drawing from the magic he learned to heal poisons, and from the magic he learned to find spirits, and praying that between the hearts around his friend and between the power of Creation itself, Steven finds his full strength. Not just to fight the Rose Queen...
But escape...
"THAT POWER FAR EXCEEDS WHAT 'LOVE' YOU CLAIM TO HAVE, ROSE QUEEN! TO CLAIM OTHERWISE IS UNFORGIVABLE!"