>>5431687"Is that why you're not bothered about falling out of love with Jodi!"
"Nah, Course it's not my case! But I'm just sayin that relationships will sometimes have their struggles unrelated to either party being arseholes! We're all humans! We get angry and misunderstand each other for the stupid reasons all the time. Doesn't make us a villain and a hero out of every story, sometimes we're just... flawed."
"I can't say I disagree, it takes maturity to work through every small problem and discuss it amicably. We're all good looking enough to get just about any girl with wish, but that's not a title I'd be proud of. Getting a girl is easy, making her stay and making it work through years is where the real challenge lies! But if it fails, it fails. What can you do?"
"I thought that the child who showed up during the moonlight would be enough to make us grow together... But like the idea of improving after years of neglect... The past can't be undone... This is what I chose. I can't say I ever thought of turning back when I was slaying demons, when I cursed the child's existence for merely going after me. I'm surprised it does not even resent me."
Taking hold of Guts' metallic hand, you quickly understand why his stump is still just as muscular as he is. This thing is heavy! Almost like having an anvil strapped to your elbow!
"Casca was always one to adapt with the times. Griffith was the one who taught her strength, telling her to catch his sword the slave trader about to ravish her when she was about to be raped by him instead of saving her himself. Which only adds more weight to..."
Guts would rather not have to finish this sentence, even if Hyde doesn't fully understand it's meaning.
"She don't seem incapable of fightin' like Zhafira. It's just that it's too much to catch up when she still risks memory loss."
"Like the hand Cindy had, mine is merely a replacement. A lump of iron I attached just to beat up enemies. Even if I looked for a substitute to force back what I lost, it could never be what it previously was..."
As he stares at his non-existent hand, Hyde ponders if his advice was truly worth telling, given how distance might not be what they need.
"I've made up my mind, Vlad. Once we do reach the island. Once she is safe... I would have already done my part. If there is no creature that threatens us living there, I believe I will have no need to lift my sword... Her happiness should come before fruitless vengeance. Even if we can't solve this slump we are in... I would rather see her happy at a distance than waste it all for a fight that quenched my ego."
Guts announces his plan to retire from fighting. Something that not even a rematch with Griffith could make him reconsider.
Or so he says... seeing as the beast of darkness acts of it's own will, it's hard to know it's inner thoughts.
