GUYS
IS ANYONE TALKING ABOUT HOW IN KINGS TIDE
(If you haven’t gathered by that, this is gonna have spoilers)
IS ANYONE ELSE ABSOLUTELY DYING OVER RAINE WHEN EDA TELLS THEM NOT TO WORRY
They’re reminding her about EVERYTHING
And Eda’s like hey bro, chill, I’ve got this
And Raine just-
They-
I-
They pull back and close their eyes tightly with this look of-
Pain.
They make both of their hands into fists and they look- fearful? Sad? Hurt?
And they so gingerly take her hand by the wrist, and softly, caringly, run their thumb across her sigil.
And they lift her hand between them, holding it in both of theirs-
“Don’t tell me,”
And they lift their gaze to meet hers, with their expression filled with worry, care, and love.
“..not to worry.”
And they stare into her eyes with that same soft look in their eyes.
(Did anyone else think they were about to kiss??)
They’re so worried about her, scared that something would go wrong, fearful that they would lose her again.
They don’t lack faith in her, but they can’t bear to lose her. And, even worse to add on to that, to think that it’s their fault.
They were the one to suggest this plan, they were the one to suggest Eda get a sigil and give up wild magic, and you can tell that they absolutely hated that idea.
And then, after this small but so meaningful interaction, Lilith and Hooty interrupt them, and Raine backs away to give the two sisters space.
But then, THEN,
Oh? You thought I was done? You thought I would spare you from my ramblings about Raine and Eda?
HAH I don’t know the meaning of the word.
Phrase?
Idea?
Anyways-
Eda, disguised as Raine, takes the place for the spell as Head Bard, but Terra catches her before her curse can meaningfully corrupt the spell, enough to effectively change anything.
And then, after Darius, Eda and Eberwolf are beaten, our poor, sweet Raine is dragged into sight by one of the abomatons.
And Eda is panicked.
“No, nonono, RAINE!”
She sounds and looks so desperate, trying to resist against the abomaton that drags her out of the place she stands as ‘coven head,’ trying pointlessly to reason with Terra.
And when the spell starts to really kick in, and Raine and Eda are both about to be done for, with Eda’s curse making her look so withered and like she could just fade away before anyone else would be drained away…
Raine weakly, on their hands and knees, manages to move over to Eda and grab her arm. They look so drained, so tired, aching and in pain, physically exhausted from the drastic effects of the draining spell as it quickly sucked the energy and life from them (and yeah everyone else with a sigil).
They think it’s over, and at that moment they were completely right. They were going to die, so was Eda and every single other witch with a sigil.
And they’re using the last of their strength to go to Eda.
“I promised a special kid, I’d protect you.”
Their voice sounds so weak, like they’re struggling to even have the strength to use it, or to keep themselves from collapsing completely.
They pulled her right arm off, disconnecting it at the elbow, because they know, if they remove the sigil, then the draining spell can’t kill Eda.
And they looked at her…
And they smiled.
They smiled because Eda’s life is no longer threatened by the draining spell. They are about to die, actively being drained of their energy and life. But they smiled. Because Eda is safe for now.
And with that knowledge, they allow the spell to overwhelm them, and they collapse into her lap, either unconscious or right on the edge.
This was never about a promise to some kid.
It was a promise to themself.
Remember two episodes back, O Titan Where Art Thou?
“Is it so unbelievable that I.. wanted to keep you safe?”
They were willing to do everything to protect Eda. They pretended to not remember the events of Eda’s Requiem when they saw her at the Coven Day parade. They told their scouts to keep looking for Eda until they find her, “and only come to me, when you do!”
They did everything possible to keep her out of harm’s way.
And when they are right on the edge of death, they do one, last thing, to protect her just one more time. And they smile, because her life is so valuable, so precious to them, vastly more than their own.
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