Stay Strong

Ah, so you decided to come out then?

Good! James got me new stuff! You clearly need cheering up and I'm gonna give you a show.

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O..oh m..my you...you really don't...I...the whole thing was my fault. I just got so...I felt guilty...it was stupid.

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Why would you feel guilty?

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*A few deep breathes but her voice still cracks when she tries to say it*

I..w....was there...the night he died....I...I should have been able to stop it but I couldn't and didn't and he diedandthenyousaidhecamebackbutwasbrokenandnoneofitshouldhavehappened! *Sob*

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.... *Blinks.*

Now that's just silly.

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I...I...bu..but I ...I had so much power back home I...I could have...should have been able to save him!

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Tiffany... Power means nothing if you don't know how to control it, what to do with it...

Heroism isn't about being the biggest and the strongest. It's about knowing that even with all the power in the world, you can't fix everything. Heroes aren't fantastic people. They're just people who do what they can. They're not infallible, they don't know everything, and they can make mistakes, just like anyone else.

Don't beat yourself up, huh? That's not gonna solve anything, or teach you anything.

And it just might make me have to pull out the scary lessons again, like the last time I was mean. That wasn't fun, was it? ;)

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You can do all the practice you can possibly do.

You can have all the power in the world.

You could know everything there is.

But time will always win out in the end if you have one second too short to do what you need too.

And that's what it was. You didn't have the time you needed and no one can fault you for that. If you were able, you would have done it. That's what matters, the fact you wanted and would have tried to do it if you had the time.

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I just...

I froze...I was so shocked...I...I couldn't even rush down to the ground to heal him I just...I held onto Gaia and we cried.

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N...no...no it wasn't.

I'm sorry...I...I'll try harder to forgive myself for the whole thing I...it's just hard every time I look at him being all gray...or when he acts like someone completely different then he used to be.

I can't help but think I could have done more.

And now I'm in this world with even less power to help him.

B...but you're helping me with that! A...and someday, someday I can make it up to him and Gaia and everyone!!!

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Part of the reason time may run out if human reaction. It's not something that can be helped at such times.

I'm trained not to be shocked. So I know how hard it is to get over such things like that.

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I...

Still...he was your brother...a...and as his team mate I let him down.

I...I don't ever want to do that again.

I promised when I found him I'd find a way to bring him home to Gaia...*Adds swiftly as an afterthought*a...and you...a..and everyone b...but without my powers...he keeps getting hurt!

I...I knocked him off the roof and almost killed him all because of a misunderstanding!!!!

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Tiffany? If you only take one thing from my lessons, I want it to be this...

Look to the past to learn, and look to the future to live.

Even if you forgive yourself, if you keep your heart in that night, where will it take you?

I've got confidence in you, Tiffany. And I'm going to see to it that you learn all the skills that I can teach you to become a better hero. But I can't make you a hero. Power can't make you a hero.

It's what you do with what you've got that makes you a hero, remember that. Some of the best heroes in the world are those with no special powers at all.

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*sniffle whimper*

Y...you are so cool...

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...Tiffany, how old are you?

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And you, Tiffany, are more capable than you think.

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13 going on 14.

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W...with all due respect...I..it'd be hard for me not to be.

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I see, I see.

Now, answer me this.

Would you have that high of expectations for any other kid your age?

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B...but...other kids don't have the powers I have...err...had.

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Would you have held them in the same regard even if they did?

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Heh, I'm trying to compliment you Tiffany. ;) You sure know how to make a teacher work.

Look, I'm proud to have you as a student, okay? I just want you to realize that.

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I...I I took a vow as a hero to protect everyone I could, including my own team. I...I shouldn't...be making such simple mistakes.

I...I almost killed your brother! Why aren't you mad at me? Why wasn't he made at me?

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I...I couldn't ask for a better teacher.

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BECAUSE YOU'RE A KID!

You're a good person and trying your best. You made a few mistakes, but you can't let that get you down.

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I bet having to keep picking up my self esteem is getting tiresome for everyone.

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You bet it is!

So you know what that means, right?

You have to start believing in yourself again. Because we won't stop.

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*giggles suddenly*

Kaito said almost the same thing to Noir in December.

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And you saw how that worked out, right? So that says you should do it.

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