sylvain !
Brenna’s skill never fails to impress him, no matter how much she tries to speak ill of herself. It’s especially true now, watching as she weaves the horrors of the war into something beautiful. Something people can read and be inspired by, instead of something that Sylvain has nightmares about every night.
He’ll probably never tell her that every dream she’s had are actually memories - he’d rather let her remember herself. So he doesn’t say anything, instead putting a gentle hand on her shoulder before she talks herself out of never writing again.
❝ Hey, come on, don’t talk like that. It’s honestly really good as it is, but you writers edit so that you can stop thinking of it as trash, right ? Hey, what if you bounce your ideas off me, see if I can help out a bit ? ❞
IF SHE’S BEING honest with herself, bernie tends to jump from one writing project to another, never satisfied with what she’s written for one, only to come back when she’s dissatisfied with another. that doesn’t seem to be the case this time, though. the thoughts and ideas keep running through her and she jots them down in her notebook, line after line, before typing them up in what she can only consider a subpar way. she thinks she should just consider herself lucky that she has enough inspiration to work on one thing and one thing only for once.
still, that doesn’t mean it’s good enough to show anyone, even if sylvain is convinced that it is. she whines a little when she feels the hand on her shoulder, knowing a pep talk that she doesn’t deserve is coming. she does admit, however, that he brings up a couple of points, and perhaps if someone tells her what they think, she will be able to properly figure out what works and what doesn’t. ❝ i guess... the main problem right now is when the main character talks about going home. i don’t want her to actually go home, because... ❞ she trails off. she doesn’t really know why she wants it that way, just that the thought of forcing the character to go home to her parents makes her uneasy. ❝ well, there’s nothing for her to do back home, but what else is she going to do until the war properly starts ?? ❞













