Somewhere between the drumming around her and the one her own rapidly beating heart is making, she's able to register what Taako says, how Drifter responds and she lets go of their hands. I gotta go and we will find her and all these Seto reminiscent phrases that only scare her.
Ren knows she's weak-that she lacks in every conceivable manner in comparison to the two before her and doesn't have a quarter of the strength they have to boot. That she's the sort of person that won't fight back when someone wants to use her body to hurt others and elicits help from a kind boy to fight the demons she couldn't manage on her own. They're brave. They don't second guess they have to leave. That they can't cower away and hope it all ends with Lup strolling out unscathed.
"...Go to-?" The words spill out of her mouth and stop just as abruptly. She knows what it means to go with them and steels herself, digging her toes into the ground, and tries not fall back on her first instinct to run away from them. From all of this. For a moment, she wishes even a tiny sliver of Seto's courage could reach her. To let it wash over her, so she can wear the same expression as Taako and have the confidence to go after Lup. But even if she can't muster up that same bravado, Ren knows that someone has to save her. Knows that her brother wants to protect her and that Drifter has all the same traits in their heart that makes Seto special-that makes them want to help without hesitation. And she knows despite all her own fears, that she wants to be able to grab Lup's warm hand again and sit on rocks, talking about their precious friends who've yet to show up. "I-I want to find Lup. Let's...Let's go find Lup."
She's terrified so let's just go fam. There's a countdown ticking away in her head that ends with her bolting at the next weird forest noise, but she's doing Her Best.
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Ren knows she's weak-that she lacks in every conceivable manner in comparison to the two before her and doesn't have a quarter of the strength they have to boot. That she's the sort of person that won't fight back when someone wants to use her body to hurt others and elicits help from a kind boy to fight the demons she couldn't manage on her own. They're brave. They don't second guess they have to leave. That they can't cower away and hope it all ends with Lup strolling out unscathed.
"...Go to-?" The words spill out of her mouth and stop just as abruptly. She knows what it means to go with them and steels herself, digging her toes into the ground, and tries not fall back on her first instinct to run away from them. From all of this. For a moment, she wishes even a tiny sliver of Seto's courage could reach her. To let it wash over her, so she can wear the same expression as Taako and have the confidence to go after Lup. But even if she can't muster up that same bravado, Ren knows that someone has to save her. Knows that her brother wants to protect her and that Drifter has all the same traits in their heart that makes Seto special-that makes them want to help without hesitation. And she knows despite all her own fears, that she wants to be able to grab Lup's warm hand again and sit on rocks, talking about their precious friends who've yet to show up. "I-I want to find Lup. Let's...Let's go find Lup."
She's terrified so let's just go fam. There's a countdown ticking away in her head that ends with her bolting at the next weird forest noise, but she's doing Her Best.