Awakening Supports/Vaike 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.
Vaike:
Ha! Ya sound just like your mother, Laurent.
Laurent:
Naturally. She IS my mother.
Vaike:
Well, yeah, but still... You two are so alike, I sometimes wonder if ya inherited anything from me.
Laurent:
Don't be absurd, Father. Of course I did.
Vaike:
Oh? Like what?
Laurent:
Like...the color of my hair.
Vaike:
Er, well, that's true, but that ain't exactly what I meant. Anything more substantive? You ever forget things, and then forget you forgot 'em?
Laurent:
Umm, no. My bearing in that respect is profoundly normal. Very much to my relief, if I might be perfectly frank.
Vaike:
See, that's what I mean. You're always so serious and uptight... Ya 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.
Vaike:
Wait, how could ya be older than Lucina? She's already been born here, but your mother and I still ain't had you.
Laurent:
I...I fear I've no more time to chat today. Now, if you'll excuse me.
Vaike:
Laurent, wait! ...What the hey was that all about?
B Support
Vaike:
Heya, Laurent.
Laurent:
Father. How may I help you?
Vaike:
I been thinking about how ya said ya were older than Lucina... Can ya 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.
Vaike:
There's that much of a spread between where ya landed? Er, when ya 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.
Vaike:
So ya 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...
Vaike:
Laurent, wait! Why'd ya never mention any of this before? You were cut off from everyone else for five whole years. Ya musta been so...lonely.
Laurent:
As I've said time and again, I am a grown man. ...I managed fine on my own.
Vaike:
Laurent...
A Support
Vaike:
Laurent.
Laurent:
More questions, Father? I thought I was quite clear before.
Vaike:
Yeah, ya were. But today's different. Because today... Coochy coochy coo!
Laurent:
Gah! Ah ha! Ah ha ha ha! S-stop that! F-Father, have you gone mad?!
Vaike:
Ah-hah! So ya CAN smile!
Laurent:
I beg your pardon?!
Vaike:
You're always so bent on being such a serious, proper grown-up. I worry that ya put too much pressure on yourself.
Laurent:
For the last time, I am not a child!
Vaike:
Age ain't got nothin' to do with it. It don'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...
Vaike:
And ya ain't alone no more, so stop isolatin' yourself. Ya got friends, and ya got Ol' Vaike.
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...
Vaike:
I'm so sorry I didn't find ya earlier, Laurent. You forgive me, right? Ya got my word, I'll never leave your side again.
