>>5735374“Even if the fight is ultimately pointless, you have to stand up and fight for what you believe in. Even if you give it your all and your best doesn't change the outcome, you still fight. If you don't stand for what you believe in, do what you think is right, who will?” you say, your daughter not answering immediately. She looks over from the pendant to you, as you look only at your right hand, slowly clenching it into a fist. “That's what I've always believed. No matter how outmatched I was, how impossible victory was, I kept pushing forward to the end. But that was my choice. You have to find your own answers, kiddo.”
“My own answer?” she asks, you looking from your hand over to her face, your young adult daughter looking lost.
“Going back in time to help those people gave you the magic you use to heal people here and now, right? So it wasn't pointless. You've done a lot of good for everyone with that power you couldn't have gotten any other way.” you tell her, Caulifla looking from you back to the pendant. “Maybe we can't change what happens, maybe the results of your fights back in time aren't what really matters. But, just maybe, what you will learn from the past is. Who knows, you might stumble upon something that will save us all, one day.”
“Huh. I never thought of it like that.” she says, still looking at the pendant. She hangs it from her fingers, watching it sway back and forth in the slight breeze for several seconds, the silence deepening. Then, after several seconds of thought pulls it all back into her hand, clutching it tightly. “Thanks Dad. I needed to hear that.”
“Of course kiddo, glad to help.” you tell her, standing up from your meditative position and offering her your hand. Which she takes with her empty one, you helping her stand. Despite her height, in this form you still tower over her like you had when she was younger. And she presses herself to you, wrapping her arms around you just barely. You return her hug gently, being careful not to hurt her as the two of you stand in the quiet. Maybe all of this is ultimately pointless, your ultimate destiny to relive all of this over and over again for all time. But it doesn't matter, as you're never going to quit fighting for your family. No matter what the future has in store, you will fight to protect them with everything you've got.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQAxUTc3TxI-Saiyan Conqueror Quest 201 End-
