Awakening Supports/Ricken 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.
Ricken:
Ha! You sound just like your mother, Laurent.
Laurent:
Naturally. She IS my mother.
Ricken:
Well, yes, but still... You two are so alike, I sometimes wonder if you inherited anything from me.
Laurent:
Don't be absurd, Father. Of course I did.
Ricken:
Oh? Like what?
Laurent:
Like...the color of my hair.
Ricken:
Er, well, that's true, but it's not exactly what I was talking about. Anything more substantive? Maybe your hat blows off a lot like mine?
Laurent:
Hmm, no. My bearing in that respect is profoundly normal. Very much to my relief, if I might be perfectly frank.
Ricken:
See, that's what I mean. You're always so serious and wordy... You could stand to loosen up a bit. Maybe act a bit more your 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.
Ricken:
Wait, how could you be older than Lucina? She's already been born here, but your mother and I still haven't had you.
Laurent:
I...I fear I've no more time to chat today. Now, if you'll excuse me.
Ricken:
Laurent, wait! ...What was all that about?
B Support
Ricken:
Hello, Laurent.
Laurent:
Father. How may I help you?
Ricken:
I was thinking about how you said you were older than Lucina... Can you explain that? I'm a little 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.
Ricken:
There's that much of a spread between where you landed? Er, when you 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.
Ricken:
So you've been in this era for five years all by yourself?
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...
Ricken:
Laurent, wait! Why have you never mentioned any of this before? You were cut off from everyone else for five whole years. You must have been so...lonely.
Laurent:
As I've said time and again, I am a grown man. ...I managed fine on my own.
Ricken:
Laurent...
A Support
Ricken:
Laurent.
Laurent:
More questions, Father? I thought I was quite clear before.
Ricken:
Yes, you were. But today is different. Because today... Coochy coochy coo!
Laurent:
Gah! Ah ha! Ah ha ha ha! S-stop that! F-Father, have you gone mad?!
Ricken:
Ah-hah! So you CAN smile!
Laurent:
I beg your pardon?!
Ricken:
You're always so bent on being such a serious, proper grown-up. I worry that you put too much pressure on yourself.
Laurent:
For the last time, I am not a child!
Ricken:
Age has nothing to do with it. It doesn't matter if you're older than Lucina. Or heck, older than me! You're still a child. You're MY child. ...You're my son.
Laurent:
Er, I...
Ricken:
And you're not alone anymore, so stop isolating yourself. You've got friends, and you've 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...
Ricken:
I'm so sorry I didn't find you earlier, Laurent. Please forgive me. And know that I will never leave your side again...
