[ Ursula didn't miss that tone, and part of it broke her heart. She'd come so far, to be faced with a challenge like this, parted from the magic she'd worked so hard to gain...
Ursula knelt before Akko, hand on her shoulder, setting her tone quiet, but firm. ]
Akko, listen to me... You are still you, and there are still things you can do. You've got the will to seek justice here... and I'm going to follow that will, too. Leave the distraction to me, and you help the kids get out of those chains, okay? Can you do that for me?
[ The distraction had been off the table before, Ursula so worried about Akko being hurt in the process, but seeing her concede so timidly like that... She hated it. She hated that her state in the waking world had left her so weak willed that she was allowing Akko to tuck her ears back like that.
No. She refused to be that weak again. Not after all they've been through. If Akko was going to be there when she woke up... she had to make sure she was there to greet her. To survive, and to show Akko that her will still meant something. ]
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Ursula knelt before Akko, hand on her shoulder, setting her tone quiet, but firm. ]
Akko, listen to me... You are still you, and there are still things you can do. You've got the will to seek justice here... and I'm going to follow that will, too. Leave the distraction to me, and you help the kids get out of those chains, okay? Can you do that for me?
[ The distraction had been off the table before, Ursula so worried about Akko being hurt in the process, but seeing her concede so timidly like that... She hated it. She hated that her state in the waking world had left her so weak willed that she was allowing Akko to tuck her ears back like that.
No. She refused to be that weak again. Not after all they've been through. If Akko was going to be there when she woke up... she had to make sure she was there to greet her. To survive, and to show Akko that her will still meant something. ]