X stopped walking, allowing those words to sink in.
"...I was stripped of my position before that. My hubris allowed you and Neo Arcadia to fall into corrupt hands, and ultimately, I died a traitor to the dream you spent your life pursuing."
...A traitor.
Hubris, bad enough to warrant such a fate. Corruption...
"Come on, X! What are you waiting for? This is your chance! You can stop me, if you're willing to shoot through Zero to do it!"
"I...I...!"
"HAHAHAHA!! You can't, can you?!"
"...Hubris, huh?"
"X, wh-what did I...t-tell you...? A-always said t-t-to be more...c-careful..."
"Zero, hang on; don't try to talk! We'll get you back to Hunter Base. We'll fix you up."
Leaning against the wall, X appraised Harpuia silently. He didn't know him that well, nor did he know much of anything about this mysterious future that he had come from, but he knew regret when he heard it. He knew shame when he heard it.
Two things he wasn't exactly a stranger to.
"If it's not too much trouble to ask..."
"What did you do to warrant such a thing, Harpuia?" His tone wasn't accusatory, or even harsh. It was thoughtful, even...sad. "Maybe I assume too much, but I can't imagine that whatever it was, it was done intentionally."
Though it was true: the worst things could be done with the best intentions, or even with no intention at all. But all people could atone if they had the desire to. If they felt remorse, what was stopping anyone from giving them a second chance? Or at least allowing them the opportunity to make up for it, to set things as right as they could?
After all, X himself had so much he still needed to atone for. To be unforgiving to one remorseful person considering his own follies would be hypocritical and wrong.
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"...I was stripped of my position before that. My hubris allowed you and Neo Arcadia to fall into corrupt hands, and ultimately, I died a traitor to the dream you spent your life pursuing."
...A traitor.
Hubris, bad enough to warrant such a fate. Corruption...
"Come on, X! What are you waiting for? This is your chance! You can stop me, if you're willing to shoot through Zero to do it!"
"I...I...!"
"HAHAHAHA!! You can't, can you?!"
"...Hubris, huh?"
"X, wh-what did I...t-tell you...? A-always said t-t-to be more...c-careful..."
"Zero, hang on; don't try to talk! We'll get you back to Hunter Base. We'll fix you up."
Leaning against the wall, X appraised Harpuia silently. He didn't know him that well, nor did he know much of anything about this mysterious future that he had come from, but he knew regret when he heard it. He knew shame when he heard it.
Two things he wasn't exactly a stranger to.
"If it's not too much trouble to ask..."
"What did you do to warrant such a thing, Harpuia?" His tone wasn't accusatory, or even harsh. It was thoughtful, even...sad. "Maybe I assume too much, but I can't imagine that whatever it was, it was done intentionally."
Though it was true: the worst things could be done with the best intentions, or even with no intention at all. But all people could atone if they had the desire to. If they felt remorse, what was stopping anyone from giving them a second chance? Or at least allowing them the opportunity to make up for it, to set things as right as they could?
After all, X himself had so much he still needed to atone for. To be unforgiving to one remorseful person considering his own follies would be hypocritical and wrong.