Gosetsu and Yotsuyu are stranded on the deserted island. Gosetsu is turned away from the viewer and sitting crosslegged facing the ocean. Yotsuyu is lying close to the viewer, but with her face off-screen. This panel is repeated multiple times as they talk.
Yotsuyu: Why didn't you kill me?
Gosetsu: It's unbecoming of a samurai to kill an unarmed and unconscious opponent.
Yotsuyu: So you would kill me if I were armed?
Gosetsu: No. I have failed Doma, and Doma has failed you. It is not for me to cast your judgement.
The panels remain the exact same as their conversation continues.
Yotsuyu: Hah, being self-righteous is the only thing you samurai are good at. I would have killed you without hesitation or remorse, you know this. Did you perhaps think saving my life would spare you my wrath?
Gosetsu: You called me a survivor, just like you. I thought, perhaps-
Yotsuyu: I didn't agree to be the face of your regrets, old man.
Yotsuyu: Revisit this moment as often as you like, reality will not be any kinder. What a joke. Denied my agency, denied my dignity, and now even denied my anger at being denied. Don't you dare remember me as that meek girl. A Doma that would only save her is not worth saving.
The camera changes to show Yotsuyu staring directly at Gosetsu, while Gosetsu's expression remains just out of view.
Yotsuyu: Do you hear me, old man playing at being a priest? The Doma that cannot forgive Yotsuyu for surviving likewise cannot be forgiven. Do not put your regrets in my mouth without putting your resentment there too.
stormblood comic
#ffxiv #yotsuyu #gosetsu