[ There's a pause as Hope considers the question. Right, he hadn't told Noel about it had he? He hadn't told Noel about Blue's last mission before the end either. It gets another sigh out of Hope as he leans back where he stands, gaze fixed on the chocobo and frowning slightly. ]
When I was first recruited by the CDC it was before Cocoon had fallen the first time. I was fourteen, still a l'Cie and it was before we faced Orphan. [ It was strange to think about now. ]
I stayed here for awhile but around the time Light recruited, I was walking around camp and suddenly I was falling. Before I even realized what was happening, I was back home and all of this felt like a dream. Eight centuries went by without another thought until one day, I found myself back here where only two days had gone by.
[Noel is silent for a while, simply taking in what Hope is telling him and taking his time to let everything sink in. It's a bit worrying, the control the CDC seems to have over when people are brought here from. Noel's expression shifts somewhat, his focus more inward than outward while his hands continue idle, if distracted movements. His conversation with Terra about how much power the CDC has drifting to the forefront of his mind.]
The ability to destroy planets is one thing... but to be able to reach into different points on the timeline to bring someone to them twice... [He doesn't like it, but he does try to keep his tone at least neutral, if a bit quiet.]
I don't believe what happened to us that went back home was planned. [ At least, that's what he figures. He could never be too sure but from what he's learned in his talks with the instructors, they didn't seem to have clue why what happened did happen to them. ]
As for why I was brought back though? Again, I don't think it was planned but the fact did remain that I had not finished my contract. [ Which makes him think— ] Noel, did the person who recruited you actually tell you what you were getting into?
[Noel nods at Hope's follow-up to his own statement. Neither of them can be sure, it seems... but the doubt is there. Maybe it isn't the instructors here with them that have the kind of power he's worried about... but it still seems like someone within the CDC does.
It's in this thoughtful state that Hope's question catches Noel off guard. It's a moment before he looks away from Hope, instead turning toward feathers he isn't even focusing on.]
Only after I agreed... but even then I didn't change my answer. ["Before I tell you, you have to answer me. Do you want to save the world?" those words still echo in his head from time to time. Noel had swore he would do anything.]
[ Only after he agreed? It earns Noel a frown but ultimately Hope's attention drifts again, arms crossed and thinking back to his own recruitment. It was centuries ago now although he had only been with the CDC close to a year and the entire experience was still clear as day in his mind. ]
I wasn't told anything. [ He finally says. ] The recruited asked me if my mother would be proud of the things I had done and of what I would do. I said yes and that was it, the next thing I know I'm waking up on the Neheda.
[Noel turns back to Hope at that, a frown tugging at his lips. The distant look in his eyes remains however.]
He asked me... if I wanted to save the world. [He swallows as he pauses. For all his memories had been fading when he thought of growing up, he remembered that conversation with startling clarity.] On top of the airship, staring out over everything, I told him I would do anything. [He sighs, left hand falling to his side as his right rakes back through his hair.] Next thing I remember was just about four hours before I saw you back on Selena.
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When I was first recruited by the CDC it was before Cocoon had fallen the first time. I was fourteen, still a l'Cie and it was before we faced Orphan. [ It was strange to think about now. ]
I stayed here for awhile but around the time Light recruited, I was walking around camp and suddenly I was falling. Before I even realized what was happening, I was back home and all of this felt like a dream. Eight centuries went by without another thought until one day, I found myself back here where only two days had gone by.
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The ability to destroy planets is one thing... but to be able to reach into different points on the timeline to bring someone to them twice... [He doesn't like it, but he does try to keep his tone at least neutral, if a bit quiet.]
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As for why I was brought back though? Again, I don't think it was planned but the fact did remain that I had not finished my contract. [ Which makes him think— ] Noel, did the person who recruited you actually tell you what you were getting into?
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It's in this thoughtful state that Hope's question catches Noel off guard. It's a moment before he looks away from Hope, instead turning toward feathers he isn't even focusing on.]
Only after I agreed... but even then I didn't change my answer. ["Before I tell you, you have to answer me. Do you want to save the world?" those words still echo in his head from time to time. Noel had swore he would do anything.]
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I wasn't told anything. [ He finally says. ] The recruited asked me if my mother would be proud of the things I had done and of what I would do. I said yes and that was it, the next thing I know I'm waking up on the Neheda.
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He asked me... if I wanted to save the world. [He swallows as he pauses. For all his memories had been fading when he thought of growing up, he remembered that conversation with startling clarity.] On top of the airship, staring out over everything, I told him I would do anything. [He sighs, left hand falling to his side as his right rakes back through his hair.] Next thing I remember was just about four hours before I saw you back on Selena.