Awakening Supports/Donnel Laurent(PC)
C Support
Laurent:
This is yours, I presume, Father? I found it lying on the ground. Do try to better secure your belongings in the future.
Donnel:
Heh! You sound just like yer ma, Laurent!
Laurent:
Naturally. She IS my mother.
Donnel:
Well, sure, but still... You two're so alike, I sometimes wonder if ya inherited anythin' from me!
Laurent:
Don't be absurd, Father. Of course I did.
Donnel:
Like what?
Laurent:
Like...the color of my hair.
Donnel:
Er, well, that's true, but I reckon that ain't quite what I had in mind. Anythin' more meanin'ful? Maybe ya like to put pots on yer head and the like?
Laurent:
Hmm, no. My bearing in that respect is profoundly normal. Very much to my relief, if I might be perfectly frank.
Donnel:
See, that's what I mean. Yer always so serious and uptight. You could stand to loosen up a bit, maybe act a bit more yer age.
Laurent:
We're at war, Father. Acting like a child is hardly behavior to be encouraged. Besides, I'm a grown man. Older than Lucina at this point, I suspect.
Donnel:
Wait, how could ya be older'n Lucina? She's already been born here, but yer ma and I still ain't birthed you.
Laurent:
I...I fear I've no more time to chat today. Now, if you'll excuse me.
Donnel:
Laurent, wait! ...Now what in tarnation was all that about?
B Support
Donnel:
Heya, Laurent.
Laurent:
Father. How may I help you?
Donnel:
I been thinkin' 'bout how ya said you were older'n Lucina. Can you try explainin' that? I'm a mite bit lost.
Laurent:
It's fairly straightforward. Travel among eras is imprecise. There are...variables. Lucina arrived at the onset of the war with Plegia some two years ago. I, on the other hand, have been here for nearly five years.
Donnel:
Hoo-ee! There's that much of a spread between when you two landed?
Laurent:
...Indeed. Hence, I have aged three years more than she in the course of reaching this moment. Somewhere along the way, I passed her in terms of physical age.
Donnel:
So ya been 'round these parts for five years all by yerself...?
Laurent:
Yes. So as you see, I'm far too old to be indulging in childish behaviors. I trust that explanation has cleared up your confusion? Now, if you'll excuse me...
Donnel:
Laurent, wait! Why haven't ya ever mentioned any of this 'fore? You were cut off from everyone else for five years. Musta been lonely somethin' fierce...
Laurent:
As I've said time and again, I am a grown man. ...I managed fine on my own.
Donnel:
Laurent...
A Support
Donnel:
Laurent.
Laurent:
More questions, Father? I thought I was quite clear before.
Donnel:
Oh, ya were. But today's different. 'Cause today... Coochy coochy coo!
Laurent:
Gah! Ah ha! Ah ha ha ha! S-stop that! F-Father, have you gone mad?!
Donnel:
Shuck my corn! Ya CAN smile!
Laurent:
I beg your pardon?!
Donnel:
Yer always so bent on bein' the serious, grown-up type. I worry ya put too much pressure on yerself.
Laurent:
For the last time, I am not a child!
Donnel:
Age ain't got nothin' to do with it. It don't matter if yer older'n Lucina. Or heck, older'n me! Yer still a child. Yer MY child. ...My son.
Laurent:
Er, I...
Donnel:
And ya ain't alone no more. So stop isolatin' yerself already. Ya got friends, and ya got me.
Laurent:
...... You're right. All that time, it was... I was so lonely. Year after year, all alone... Wandering an era where I knew no one. Hoping to meet up with the others but knowing how miniscule my chances were... I had no one to help me. No one to lend an ear to my despair. It was...awful. Many nights, I thought I'd die alone. That the pain would kill me, or...
Donnel:
I'm awful sorry I didn't find ya earlier, Laurent. Please forgive me. Just know that I ain't never gonna leave ya again! Cross m'heart and hope to spit!
