Awakening Supports/Say'ri Tiki

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C Support

Say'ri:
My lady!

Tiki:
Ah, Say'ri. Good day.

Say'ri:
You fought the last battle masterfully, my lady. Truly, your power is beyond my ken.

Tiki:
You're very kind. Though I must say, it has left me rather tired.

Say'ri:
Then pray do not waste your words on me. Go now and rest.

Tiki:
Yes, I... Hmm, I fear I...may not have much choice...

Say'ri:
My lady?

Tiki:
My power has returned, but... Still, I...

Say'ri:
M-My lady! No! Alarm! Call forth a healer at once! The Voice is fallen!

Tiki:
...Zzzzzzzzz.

Say'ri:
Fallen...asleep? My lady? My lady, can you hear me?

Tiki:
Mmm... Five more years...

Say'ri:
Fie! I pray the war will be long since over by then. Though p'raps it would be for the best to permit her sleep through it. 'Twould be selfishness itself to drag her with us in such frail condition.

Tiki:
I'm not so fragile as all that.

Say'ri:
Ah! You're awake.

Tiki:
I am here of my own will. I wish to stay and be of use. Pray, do not push me away.

Say'ri:
On the contrary, my lady! I ask that you do not leave my side. The risks are simply too great for you to wander hill and dale alone.

Tiki:
Ah, Say'ri, always so serious! It is sweet of you to fret so. Very well. I give you my word.

Say'ri:
And I my thanks in return.

B Support

Say'ri:
My lady! Where are you?! Please, by Naga's mercy, respond!

Tiki:
Ah, Say'ri. Splendid! Your timing is perfect. Some lovely villagers just shared some of their apples with me. Will you have one?

Say'ri:
Apples?! Nay, I shan't!

Tiki:
Suit yourself, though I see no cause to shout.

Say'ri:
I've cause aplenty, my lady! Just how many times does this make?! You swore your word you'd not leave the camp without me at your side!

Tiki:
Did I now? ...And you're certain the word I swore was "yes"?

Say'ri:
Fie! You can't honestly have forgotten?

Tiki:
I fear I have. Pray, forgive me. I am a being unlike you humans.

Say'ri:
Being the Voice does not give you a license for falsehood!

Tiki:
Thbbbbt!

Say'ri:
My lady, I have no words. You are acting as a child! What would the people think if they saw you thus?

Tiki:
Like I am, you mean? I care not! Let them think what they will.

Say'ri:
The Voice is a rarefied and exalted being, sacred unto all. I fear dwelling amongst us lowly mortals is corrupting that sublime character.

Tiki:
That's preposterous. And if my sublimeness precludes me from being around humans, I say good riddance!

Say'ri:
My lady, please!

Tiki:
Do you want an apple or not?

Say'ri:
I speak of larger things than fruit, my lady! ...But I will concede your words do bear a ring of truth. If you see fit to gift me an apple, I shall humbly accept.

Tiki:
Splendid! Now open wiiiide...

Say'ri:
You can't possibly...?! If the people witnessed such a vulgar display, 'twould be the end of—Hrrmph?!

Tiki:
Delicious, isn't it?!

A Support

Say'ri:
The day draws ever nearer, my lady.

Tiki:
What day?

Say'ri:
The war's end. The day peace returns to the land. The day we might return home for good and all.

Tiki:
Yes. With luck, it will come. But I fear the road we walk is paved with the bones of good people. ...Of innocents lost.

Say'ri:
Aye and aye again.

Tiki:
And poor Yen'fay among them. Do you grieve for him still?

Say'ri:
'Twould be false to say the sadness does not haunt me. But my brother met the end he himself chose. I've come to accept it as unavoidable. What's done is done.

Tiki:
Liar.

Say'ri:
M-My lady?!

Tiki:
Lay down your stoic mask. I know the pain tears at you still. If you are in pain, tell me that you hurt! Let me in, Say'ri.

Say'ri:
...What would you have me say?

Tiki:
Not that what's done is done! Not that you can forget so easily! Was your bond so feeble that a few weeks marching might erase him from your heart?

Say'ri:
Enough! What could you possibly ken of the bond I shared with him?! Forget? Erase him from my heart?! 'Twould be easier to erase the heart entire! He was my brother. ...My only flesh and blood.

Tiki:
...Forgive me, milady. I would retract those words, if possible. It was not my hope to deepen the wound.

Say'ri:
My lady, please... Just...

Tiki:
But I was desperate to hear the contents of your heart. To hear you speak frankly. I wanted you to tell me everything, Say'ri.

Say'ri:
But why? Why me?

Tiki:
Because I very dearly want to be your friend.

Say'ri:
My...friend?

Tiki:
Long have you stood at my side, Say'ri. Always faithfully, but never as a friend. Only as guard, disciple, and servant. I find it terribly lonesome. I think you are a beautiful person, Say'ri, and I would call you an equal. ...A friend.

Say'ri:
I fear my lifetime is but a few short days compared to yours. Would you still have me, knowing that I cannot stay for long?

Tiki:
Without a moment's hesitation. I am used to loss. Do not deprive me from the joy of ever HAVING.

Say'ri:
...As my lady wishes. Flighty, heedless, and exasperating as you may sometimes be... I like you a great deal as well. So equals it is from this day hence.

Tiki:
Equals, from this day hence. ...And thank you, Say'ri.