"I'm so bored." she said. "I robbed someone the other day. Some idiot who tried killing me once."
"Are you going to be a pirate?"
"I don't know."
I hardly get to see her now. She was still the same Finny I knew, violent, a little bad tempered but kind of caring somewhere deep down, and the first one to talk to me without freaking out after I blew up and ran away from the family. But somehow, even though she was right beside me, sometimes I felt like I was talking to someone far away.
"I'm so tired of all this. I can hardly gear up, I'm losing out to people, and I've been sick of the way things are since Freedom Orient broke up. I really want to leave this place."
I thought of Finny's shiny leather armor pieces, and glanced at the two gleaming weapons hanging from her waist, but I kept quiet because those weren't important.
"But Finny, if you go, I'll be so sad."
"What for? Go find someone else to play with."
"You talk like Jeon did when he left." I didn't know what to say anymore. I knew there was no stopping her. It was like you were going to lose a fight, but you hit that guy anyway.
Finny turned around as I swung my fist towards her. It missed.
We went at each other until she beat me up thoroughly. Then we sat on the grass and talked, like we always did.
"Anyway, just because I'm leaving doesn't mean you can't come along. Besides, you know exactly how you can find me. I'm going to think things over. Look after the house until I have everything sorted out."
"I'm going now. See you later." climbing onto her flying sloth, Finny flew away in a burst of light and disappeared into the distance.
I sighed, and, sitting down in the grass, slowly tried to rub my bruises out.
"Are you going to be a pirate?"
"I don't know."
I hardly get to see her now. She was still the same Finny I knew, violent, a little bad tempered but kind of caring somewhere deep down, and the first one to talk to me without freaking out after I blew up and ran away from the family. But somehow, even though she was right beside me, sometimes I felt like I was talking to someone far away.
"I'm so tired of all this. I can hardly gear up, I'm losing out to people, and I've been sick of the way things are since Freedom Orient broke up. I really want to leave this place."
I thought of Finny's shiny leather armor pieces, and glanced at the two gleaming weapons hanging from her waist, but I kept quiet because those weren't important.
"But Finny, if you go, I'll be so sad."
"What for? Go find someone else to play with."
"You talk like Jeon did when he left." I didn't know what to say anymore. I knew there was no stopping her. It was like you were going to lose a fight, but you hit that guy anyway.
Finny turned around as I swung my fist towards her. It missed.
We went at each other until she beat me up thoroughly. Then we sat on the grass and talked, like we always did.
"Anyway, just because I'm leaving doesn't mean you can't come along. Besides, you know exactly how you can find me. I'm going to think things over. Look after the house until I have everything sorted out."
"I'm going now. See you later." climbing onto her flying sloth, Finny flew away in a burst of light and disappeared into the distance.
I sighed, and, sitting down in the grass, slowly tried to rub my bruises out.
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