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“Chrom, we have to do something!” Lissa said.
“Well, what do you propose we do?” Chrom asked, trying to see if his sister came up with an idea since the first time.
“Uh, I don’t know!” Lissa admitted.
It was then that Robin finally opened his eyes.
“Ah!” Lissa exclaimed, having noticed.
“I see you’re awake now.” Chrom shifted his attention back to Robin.
“Hey there.” Lissa said, before chuckling.
“There are better places to take a nap than on the ground, y’know.” Chrom said, with a smile on his face. “Give me your hand.” He continued, extending his hand to the tactician.
Robin instinctively reached for it.
“Welcome back. It’s over now.” Chrom said, facing his friend, and looking at him in the eyes.
“Are you alright?” Chrom asked, concerned for his friend.
He smiled when he saw his that friend was still breathing.
“That’s the end of him.” He said, watching Validar’s body.
“Thanks to you, we carried the day.” Chrom said, thankful for everything Robin did.
“We can rest easy now.” He continued, thinking that the fight was finally over.
At this moment, Robin’s vision turned red, and he started to lose the control over his body.
“At long last.” This time, Chrom’s voice didn’t sound right.
Robin was certain that something was happening to him, but he couldn’t warn Chrom, he was a prisoner inside his own body.
Finally, Chrom turned back to Robin. “What’s wrong?” He asked, noticing immediately that something was wrong with his tactician.
“Hey, hang on!” He said with a voice that sounded distorted to Robin.
Suddenly, his eyes opened widely. Robin was finally able to look down, only to see that he stabbed his friend. Chrom stepped back, panting. Robin looked at his hand, he could still feel the electricity that just came out of him.
Chrom understood what happened. Something was using Robin’s body, and attacked him. Realizing that he wouldn’t survive this wound, he sent a last look to the tactician.
“This is not your…your fault. Promise me…you’ll escape from this place. Please, go.” Having used his last words to ask his friend to run away, to try to escape from whatever was controlling him, he fainted.
After that the only thing Robin could hear was Validar, laughing.
Robin shook his head. ‘That nightmare will never happen, as Chrom just said, it’s over now.’ Robin smiled, interpreting that memory as a reminder, what the Shepherds were able to avoid by fighting together, and trusting each other.
“Yes, it is finally over. I don’t know how much time has passed, but you two, I want you to know that I am glad to finally be back.” Robin smiled ear to ear. He was able to come back, and now, he could see his friends, and more importantly, his family, again.
“Aw, come on, we’re not the two who you should be saying that!” Lissa jokingly reprimanded him. Of course, she was happy to hear this, but she couldn’t stop herself from thinking about Lucina and Morgan.
Robin looked at the princess, smiling, he knew what she meant, and couldn’t wait to see the two most important women of his life, again.
But, suddenly, his vision faded again.
“Owain… Lucina… Cynthia… I’m glad you were able to escape…” Lissa said, looking at the purple sky while smiling.
However, her smile didn’t last, she heard the Risen, who invaded the last safe place for humanity, and each passing second, they were getting closer to where she was .
“I’m sorry, I know that I promised to escape, too… But… From the beginning, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to… I think you also knew, Lucina… Otherwise, you wouldn’t have shedded so much tears…”
Lissa sighed.
“Maribelle, your son is alive, too… It often was close, but to all of the Shepherds, all of your children are alive…” She said, looking back at the sky. She was speaking to all the deceased Shepherds, the friends that left before her.
“NOT FOR LONG.”
Lissa turned, to see a monster wearing her friend’s face. She wasn’t scared. She already accepted long ago that her end was coming.
“WHAT? YOU’RE GIVING YOUR FRIEND THE SILENT TREATMENT?” The monster said, smiling ear to ear, the smile wasn’t beautiful, and anyone who could see it could tell that it didn’t belong to a human.
“… I don’t. You’re not Robin, Grima. And I doubt that any Shepherd thought you were.”
“WELL… YOU’RE RIGHT, I’M NOT THAT WORM, AND ALL THE SHEPHERDS THAT I COULD MET WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE ME. THE BEST WAS WHEN SOME THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT THAT I WAS THIS WORM, AND THEN REALIZED WHO I TRULY WAS, I NEVER GET TIRED OF HUMANITY’S DESPAIR.”
Lissa looked at Grima with disgust.
“ONLY TWO OF YOU ARE LEFT, SHEPHERDS, THE VOICE OF NAGA, AND YOU, PRINCESS OF YLISSE. AND IF I TOOK THE TIME TO START A DISCUSSION WITH YOU, IT’S BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU.”
Lissa continued to not say anything to the dragon.
“IF YOU TELL ME WHERE TIKI AND THOSE CHILDREN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ARE, THEN YOUR DEATH AND YOUR SON’S DEATH WILL BE PAINLESS.”
L issa continued to stare at the dragon.
“YOU SEE, MY DREAM OF A WORLD WITHOUT HUMAN IS FINALLY ABOUT TO HAPPEN, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET RID OF THE LAST REMNANTS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. OF COURSE, IF YOU REFUSE, I KNOW THAT EVEN WITH TORTURE YOU PROBABLY WON’T SAY ANYTHING, THAT WORM’S MEMORIES TELL ME SO… BUT I WILL TORTURE YOU ANYWAY, I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE AFTER ALL. SO, WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?”
“My answer is no.” She said, and as soon as she finished, a strong Risen was summoned behind her, and held her, so that she couldn’t escape, nor fight back.
“A SHAME, BUT NOT A SURPRISE.”
And as Grima promised, he started to torture the princess.
It lasted for hours T he princess was now bleeding severely, she was covered with scars. She has been burnt, cut, electrified, punched, she lost almost all of her teeth, every nail she had has been teared out.
She was about to die due to her blood loss and pain.
But, she didn’t give to Grima the pleasure of hearing her scream. Not even once.
During her last seconds, she just looked up one last time, to defy Grima with her stare. She hoped that she was able to buy enough time for the children. And she breathed, for the last time.
“Lissa is right, Robin. I would like to talk to you for as long as possible. But… I suppose I’ll get my chance another day. For now, let’s not make my daughter and my granddaughter wait any longer…” Chrom had his eyes closed while he was saying that, after he finished, he opened them, only to see Robin looking at his sister, as if he just saw something horrific.
Lissa noticed it, too, and since he was looking at her, she decided to be the one asking. “Is everything alright, Robin?” She asked softly, she was obviously concerned.
Robin shook his head. ‘What… What was that?’
The royal duo waited some seconds, and seeing that Robin was lost in his thought, the King put his hand on his shoulder, to interrupt him.
Once Robin realized, he shook his head again. “Sorry… It’s just that… I saw something weird…”
“What is it?” Lissa asked, obviously concerned because ‘something weird’ was apparently her.
“Something like… What Grima did to you in Lucina’s world, Lissa…”
The siblings looked at each other, not knowing what to answer. They were sure of something. The person in front of them was their friend, and not Grima.
Chrom suddenly had an idea. “Hey, Robin?”
The tactician turned his attention to the king.
“You know how you used to have this dream of you killing me?”
“Yes, I actually saw it again just after I got up…”
“This was a memory from Grima, right?”
“Yes. I got it after he tried to be one with me, before I met you, if I remember what he said.”
“Could it be that, after disappearing together, you got more of his memories?”
Robin considered the idea. And unfortunately, he came to a conclusion.
“I think I either hallucinated, or if not, then, you must be right…”
“Well… Let’s… Let’s wait and see if it happens again before we reach any conclusion, okay? Maybe you did hallucinate, as you said…” Lissa said.
“Lissa is right, Robin. For now, let’s go back home.”
The three of them agreed, and started to leave.
While they were making their way to the closest town, Lissa had to ask, she knew that it wasn’t going to do her any good, and that it will probably make Robin uncomfortable, but she wanted to know: What did he saw about her?
“Hey, Robin… Do you care telling me what you saw exactly?”
Robin grimaced, as he really didn’t like the vision of his friend being injured and slowly dying. But, he decided to answer her, because if it was not a hallucination, then she deserved to know what happened.
“You, being glad that the time travelers could escape, and then being tortured to death by Grima…” He said, not elaborating more.
“I… I see…” Lissa said. She knew that he didn’t say everything, but seeing the look on his face, she doubted that she wanted to know, or that he would be willing to tell.
Chrom stayed silent, but was concerned, too.
Robin let out a sigh, and looked at the sky. But he realized his mistake, when another vision hit him.
This time, there was no one, just Grima, surrounded by Risen.
Robin could see Grima ordering the Risen to pollute the air, turning the sky purple, and to poison the river, turning the water purple, too.
He came back to his senses when he bumped onto Chrom.
“What is it, Robin? You were dazing off, again.” Chrom asked.
“I… I think you were right, Chrom…” Robin said, sadly, and his voice filled with apprehension, wondering what will he see next.
He then explained to his friend what he saw.
“Robin. Do you remember who you are?” Chrom asked.
“Of course, I am Robin, tactician of the Shepherds. If you worry about that, no, I know that I am not Grima, and that this monster is dead.”
“Good… Then, I want you to promise me, no matter what you see next, remember that. You aren’t Grima. What he did isn’t what you did. And also remember, no matter who you see dying, what you see being destroyed, you already avenged everyone and everything, because you’re the one who put an end to this monster.”
Lissa nodded. “Yeah, you, you’re Robin, the guy everyone love!”
Robin sighed, then chuckled. “Thanks, you two, I’ll be sure to remember it.”
When they reached the town, Robin got another memory. This time, it was this very town, being destroyed. Nobody was here, but Grima ordered the Risen to destroy everything, just to be sure.
Robin, in addition to being disgusted and horrified at every new memory, had a new fear. Will he be able to face his wife?
Lucina didn’t only see what he was seeing, she lived it. He wanted her to be able to forget everything, to enjoy her new life in a peaceful world, which she fought so hard for.
But now, Robin started to fear that if he couldn’t ignore everything, and act as if nothing happened, then he would be constantly reminding his wife of this nightmare she escaped from.
Chrom didn’t see that Robin got a new memory, as the latter was fast enough to come back to his senses, but Lissa saw it.
So she just looked at her friend, and when he looked back at her, she sent him a smile. The smile was filled with concern and compassion.
Robin smiled back at her, she was able to ease him a little, and for that, he was thankful.
The trio reunited in the morning. They traveled together, and wanted to reach Ylisstol before the next morning, even if they had to skip a night of sleep.
At one point, Chrom noted that it would’ve been better if Frederick had come along with them today, as it would’ve been the reunion with the exact same quartet than the day they met. But at the mention of the knight, another memory came to Robin.
The knight was fighting. He was the last survivor of his group. He had to come back, to warn the soldiers, and most importantly put his child and the royalty to safety.
He hated running away like he was doing. His chivalry instinct told him to go back, and to fight until the end, just like the men he brought.
But, if he died there, nobody would be able to warn the citizens of the nearest populated town that a calamity was on it’s way.
However, at one point, his horse stopped, and started running in the opposite direction of said town.
Knowing he didn’t have a lot of time, Frederick had to control his horse again, but before he could do anything, the horse was dead.
Something had been shot at the horse, dark, purplish spikes.
Frederick knew what it was, so he got off his horse, the same horse he rode for years, and started running with his own legs.
But before he could go far away, a familiar figure appeared in front of him.
“… You…”
“YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE ANNOYING IF MOST OF THESE HUMANS COULD ESCAPE, SO I HAVE TO STOP YOU HERE AND NOW… I SAW THROUGH THAT WORM THAT YOU DIDN’T TRUST HIM AT THE BEGINNING, A CHANCE FOR ME THAT YOUR LORD WAS SUCH A FOOLISH ONE.”
“It is true that I didn’t trust Robin when we met… And I was wrong, he wasn’t a spy, nor a traitor. I have to ask you to take back what you said about His Highness, Grima! I won’t allow you to disrespect him nor Robin!”
“OH? WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT? I AM CURIOUS.”
Frederick tightened his grip on his lance, but when he tried to pierce the dragon’s flesh, but nothing happened.
“HA HA HA HA, OF COURSE.” Grima was amused by the human’s worthless attempt. “HERE, LET ME SHOW YOU HOW WE DO IT.” He said, taking the lance out of Frederick’s hand.
And very quickly, Frederick’s heart was pierced, and, as life escaped him, his last word was just the name of his child .
When Robin came back to his senses, he saw that both of his friends were looking silently at him.
Lissa looked down. “I’m very sorry that you have to see all that, I cannot event imagine the horrors you must witness…” She said, sadly.
Robin felt guilty for worrying his friends. “Don’t worry, Lissa. What I see is what would’ve happened if we failed. We didn’t. While I would prefer not to see it, I am at least glad to know what we avoided.” He said, trying to reassure her.
It seemed to work, as she was able to look at him in the eyes, and to smile again.
“That’s right, Robin. I am glad that you’re able to see things that way. But, you know that I am your friend, and I hope you know you can tell me anything. If you have difficulties with these memories, and you want to speak about it, but not to Lucina nor Morgan, then you can speak to me.” Chrom said.
“Thanks, I’ll remember it.” Robin replied gratefully.
It was night when they finally reached Ylisstol, and as he unfortunately expected, Robin could once again feel a memory coming to him.
Fire. Fire everywhere. The beautiful and full of life Ylisstol was being destroyed.
Some people were running away. They were either burnt to death, or directly killed by the Risen.
Grima was flying over, directly heading to the castle.
Thanks to the Risen he sent, he knew exactly what wall he needed to destroy in order to get to her.
And he destroyed that wall.
Before the dust could dissipate, he talked. “SO ENDS THE HUMAN RACE!”
A figure very quickly got back up, and took a fighting stance.
“THE FUTURE IS BUILT UPON THE PAST, BUT YOUR KIND SHALL NEVER SEE IT!”
The figure from earlier looked around her, until she saw three giant glowing red eyes in front of her. She was panting, and was terrified.
The eyes focused on her. “YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER ARE DEAD, TINY ONE.”
The figure was Lucina, and once Grima said that, she took a step back, lifted Falchion towards the dragon after she gasped. She was looking at the dragon, scared, and angry.
Grima just laughed evilly. “AND NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO DIE!” He screamed, opening he’s giant mouth, and moving toward Lucina, as if he was going to eat her.
Lucina kept her fighting stance, and screamed at the top of her lungs.
“Hey, Robin!” Chrom shouted at his friend.
This got the attention of Robin, who was able to come back to his senses.
“You seemed even more distressed than you were with previous memories…” Lissa said, worried.
“Yeah… Sorry… It’s just that… This one, I saw Grima attacking Lucina directly… So…” Robin said, glad to be out of this memory.
Both siblings looked at each other. They understood Robin’s feelings.
“And thanks to you, neither Lucina nor anyone will be attacked by Grima ever again.” Chrom said, trying to comfort his friend.
Robin smiled at that. “Yes… You’re right. Thanks, you two. I don’t really want to bother you with my troubles, but I’m glad that you were the one to find me in this state. It would’ve pained Lucina and Morgan greatly to see me too distressed, but now, I know what to expect, so I will handle it better, and you reminded me enough times already that it wasn’t my fault.”
Now, the siblings smiled at each other, and Lissa gave her brother a thumb up, because he handled the situation greatly in her eyes.
Once they reached the castle, they were greeted by the new Queen of Ylisse, and as she made her way to the trio, the nightmare continued for Robin.
Sumia was wounded. She panted heavily. She ordered to the soldiers who were with her to leave her here. All the healers already died, and even if she wasn’t fatally wounded, she would be a weight for the others.
So, with what was left of her strength, she stopped as many Risen as possible from follow ing the fleeing soldiers.
And finally, the Risen stopped appearing. She fell on the ground, and turned to take a look at the sky.
Her pegasus came back to her. She smiled.
“Go! You see that I won’t be able to make it… Please, take care of my daughters for me… Cynthia dreams to be able to ride a Pegasus, help her, please…”
The pegasus, as if it understood human’s language began to leave, as well, in the same direction as the soldiers.
“Lucina… Cynthia… If only… I could see you… One last time…”
Sumia’s vision started to blur. It was then that a familiar figure appeared above her.
“Robin! What are you doing here? Where were you all this t- …” Sumia was happy, at first, to see her friend.
But then, she remembered the day of Chrom’s death, and how Robin also died that day. And that a monster was now using his body to unleash hell on earth.
Her smile vanished, and she started to cry.
“QUEEN OF YLISSE, IT IS QUITE A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO STEAL FROM HUMANS ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES, YET AGAIN.” He said, smiling at the woman. “AT THIS RATE, YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST LEADERS THAT I’LL BE ABLE TO CRUSH, BUT BE SURE THAT THEIR FUTURE ISN’T ANY BRIGHTER THAN YOURS.”
Before she could answer, Grima let a Risen kill her, and all it took, was a single axe blow.
“Robin!” Sumia was smiling, and some tears of joy rolled down her cheeks.
“I’m happy to see you again, Sumia.” Robin smiled back at her.
Chrom looked at Robin questioningly. Robin deduced that he wanted to know if another memory appeared to him. And since it was the case, he nodded to his friend.
Chrom looked down for a moment, before shaking his head.
“Sumia, we haven’t rested for the entire day, because we didn’t want to make Lucina and Morgan wait for any longer. Where are they?” Chrom asked.
Sumia, still happy to see her friend alive, had to focus hard to think of something else than her friend being right in front of her.
“Lucina is sleeping in her room, and Morgan sneaked out of hers to go to the library and continue her studies.” She said.
“Sneaked out?” Robin asked, not understanding why his daughter would have to do that.
“Yes. Morgan promised to Lucina to get a better sleep schedule, but sometimes, she just can’t think of something else than her studies. Lucina is the only one who doesn’t know about Morgan sneaking out, and Morgan thinks that no one knows. We didn’t want to stop her from studying in the middle of the night, she’s so cute when she is half-sleeping and half-reading.” Sumia answered in great details to Robin.
‘Well, at least Lucina isn’t worried about that… Can’t be worried about something you don’t know…’ Robin thought, not about to argue with his friends, furthermore, he doubted that he would’ve been any better at trying to prevent Morgan from doing what she wanted.
“Since the library is closer than Lucina’s room, how about we go there first, Robin?” Chrom asked.
“Of course.” Robin didn’t really have a preference as to who he wanted to see first, because he just wanted to see them both.
Lissa had difficulties to keep her eyes open, but she absolutely wanted to see the reunited family.
When the quartet entered the library, Morgan tried to focus on her book.
“So… If I send a knight… Knight? Pegasus knight?” She shook her head. “Focus Morgan! You can’t let yourself fall asleep.”
Robin decided to approach his daughter, while the three others were watching him.
“In my opinion, I think that going to sleep, and to continue tomorrow, would be a wiser decision.” He said, smiling.
He smiled even more when no bad memory came to him by looking at her.
“Come on, Father, I almost finished this book…” She answered, without looking up, before going back to reading.
It is only five seconds later that she realized what she said, and quickly turned around to see who said that, and who she called ‘Father’.
After identifying the man next to her, she pinched her arm, and let out a yelp at the small pain. She looked back at the man, and he was still there, smiling at her.
“F-F-… Fa-… I’m not dreaming! FATHER! YOU’RE FINALLY BACK!” She exclaimed, jumping out of her chair, and crying.
Robin caught the girl who threw herself in his arms.
“Father! I missed you so much!” She said, still crying out of happiness. “Please, don’t leave us ever again!”
“I missed you, too, Morgan. I promise that from now on, I won’t go anywhere.”
And for several minutes, they didn’t move, enjoying being able to be with each other again. But suddenly, Morgan thought of something.
“Does Mother know?”
“I was going to see her after you… Do you want to come with me?”
“Yes! Yes!” She said.
Morgan quickly turned to where the door was, and finally noticed the presence of the three other persons. Realizing that she was caught red-handed, she just smiled awkwardly, and was embarrassed.
But it didn’t matter, her father was back. They had to go to see her mother, right now.
Everyone was smiling, seeing the cheerful girl being even more happy than usual.
Chrom once again questioned silently his friend about the memories, but this time, Robin could silently answer ‘no’, which was a relief for Chrom.
Morgan took the lead, after grabbing her father’s hand, as if he forgot where Lucina’s room was. Sumia, Chrom and Lissa followed, giggling at the scene in front of them.
Once they arrived at the door, Morgan released her father’s hand, and when he was about to open the door…
“AND NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO DIE!”
Apprehension filled Robin, Morgan saw it, and this time, Sumia didn’t miss it.
“What is it, Father?” Morgan asked, worry replacing her smile.
“It’s… It’s a bit complicated… But it’s nothing to worry about, Morgan.” Robin tried to lie to his daughter, but she wasn’t convinced, and Robin could see it. “To… To keep it short, I can see…not so pleasant…things about your mother’s world…”
Morgan, even while being sleepy, seemed to understand what her father meant. It saddened her, but he continued.
“Don’t worry, I know it’s not my fault, and that all this was prevented. And I promise that I won’t let it ruin our reunion.” He smiled at his daughter, who sent a soft smile back.
After that, he opened the door. Lucina was sleeping at one side of the bed.
She looked peaceful, and had a subtle smile on her lips.
Robin dreaded to see the memory of Grima attacking her, again, but he didn’t.
Morgan and Lucina, when he looked at them, no bad memories were coming. All he was seeing was their faces, and he could swear that a halo surrounded them.
They were his reasons to fight, be it at the war, or in his fight to come back to the living.
He closed his eyes for a moment, to smile.
He entered the room, followed by Morgan. The three others stayed outside, being satisfied with the role of spectator.
When he was about to reach his wife, she started to talk in her sleep.
“Hmmm… Robin… Flowers… Beautiful… Heavenly…” She said, while her smile grew bigger.
Robin knew what she was dreaming about. He was happy beyond words, to see that this memory was still something that could make her smile like that, despite everything that happened, everything they learned, and everything they’ve been through.
Morgan wondered what her mother was seeing, she just knew it was about her father. The three spectators couldn’t hear that she had talked.
Gently, Robin took his wife’s hand.
Lucina was easily woken up, the sensation that danger could surprise her in her sleep never left her. But, when she looked at who took her hand, she was silent for a while. And she put a sad smile on afterward.
“I guess I’m still dreaming… How many times will I dream about you coming back? … When will you come back?” She said, tightening the grip she had on his hand.
But suddenly, she realized something. Warmth. His hand emitted warmth. Just like in her memories, a warmth that her dreams never were able to replicate.
She opened her mouth, but no sound came out of it. She looked up again, and her husband’s face was now closer.
“I’m back, Lucina. I’m sorry I took so long.” He said, smiling at her.
Lucina immediately left her bed, not letting go of her husband’s hand.
When she got up, she could see her daughter not far from them, and her parents and aunt at the door, watching them.
“Robin…” She said. She still couldn’t believe that her husband was in front of her.
She finally let go of his hand, because she wrapped him in her arms, and dived her head on his shoulder.
In response, Robin simply wrapped her in his arms, while holding the back of her head.
Lucina cried. Tears of joy and relief. Her other half, the love of her life, her soulmate… Finally back.
After a few minutes, Lucina reached out to Morgan. Morgan happily took her mother’s hand, and joined the hug.
The three spectators left, they thought that they invaded their privacy for long enough.
Robin, Lucina and Morgan stayed silent.
The family was reunited, and nothing would tear them apart again.
After another moment, Morgan fell asleep while standing up. If it was not for her parents noticing, she would have fallen on the ground.
But instead, Robin was now carrying her, like a princess. The couple looked at each other, and decided to bring her to her bed.
Once they put the blanket on her, they saw that she was smiling and crying at the same time. Knowing that it wasn’t because she was sad, they decided to leave silently, to not wake her up, and to go back in their room.
Robin changed, while Lucina was waiting outside of the bed. She didn’t want to risk falling asleep before they could talk.
Once he was done, they went in bed together, and went under their blanket.
Lucina glued herself to her husband, wrapping him in her arms again, as if she was trying to stop him from escaping.
And, once again, Robin returned the gesture.
“I missed you so much…” She said.
“I know… And I am sorry…” He replied.
“Thank you for everything… Thanks to you, nobody will ever suffer because of Grima ever again… And I rarely have nightmares… The only ones I had since it ended…were you…disappearing…”
“It’s alright, Lucina, now that I escaped death, the only place where I will stay is here, by your side. I promise that tomorrow, when you’ll open your eyes, I will still be there.”
They stayed silent for a moment, just enjoying the warmth provided by the other’s body.
Robin eventually tried to think about how to tell Lucina about the new memories he was getting, but Lucina interrupted his thoughts.
“Something is troubling you, Robin…” She said.
Robin wanted to object, but before he could, Lucina talked again.
“It wasn’t a question… I know that we just reunited, and that you don’t want to ruin this moment… But I want it to be a moment where both of us can be at ease, so please, tell me what is your problem.”
Robin didn’t say anything, but after a while, he laughed. “What betrayed me?”
“Your face. When you lose your smile, and frown, I know that something is on your mind.” She explained.
Robin smiled, the fact that his wife was able to read him so quickly and just with his face meant a lot to him. He was also able to do this with her, and since he acquired that skill by admiring her face whenever he had the chance, he deduced it was the same for her.
He sighed. “I… I regained memories, that don’t belong to me… And I certainly will be getting a lot more as time goes on.” He just said.
Lucina stared at him, and he knew that it meant that he needed to elaborate.
“I’ve been getting the memories of Grima… Of the atrocities he committed in your world.” He said.
Lucina looked at him, their noses were so close that they were almost touching.
“Are you sure that those aren’t creations of your mind?” She asked. She didn’t doubt Robin’s honesty, but she wished that he was wrong.
“I wish it was…”
“Can… Can you give me an example? To see if I can confirm or deny.” She asked.
Robin grimaced. Only one memory. There was only one memory where there was no doubt that she could confirm or deny.
“I have an example… But-” He started, but was interrupted.
“Robin, I appreciate you being concerned for me… But, while this won’t be a happy memory, I know that this all it will ever be. A memory. Grima can’t commit another crime. You made sure of that.”
Lucina was a strong woman. Not only on the battlefield, but she was strong emotionally, too. That strength is one of the things that made Robin fall for her.
So, he decided to accept his wife’s request, and began to explain the memory where Grima attacked her.
When he finished, he could see that Lucina was unsettled.
“Indeed… This happened…” She said, sadly.
“Lucina… I’m sorry th-” He was interrupted again.
“No, Robin. I am sorry. I’m sad for you. I wish you didn’t have to be forced to witness what Grima did… And if you saw that… I can’t even imagine what else you must be seeing… Promise me that, if it becomes too much for you, you will reach for me and let me help you…”
Robin stared at his wife, and smiled. “Thank you, Lucina… I promise to you that I will… And, please, let me help you whenever you will need help.”
Lucina smiled, too. “Don’t worry, I know that you will always be there for me.”
“And so will you… These memories won’t be an easy thing to overcome… But I know that with you at my side, they won’t stop me from living a happy life.”
He concluded by kissing his wife on the lips. Still wrapped in each other’s arms, they fell asleep, resolved to not let memories of a dark past ruin their bright future.