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Redemption, p.7 - Ch. 1

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Page 7 of Redemption
( Chapter 1 - Beloved )

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No, you're not experiencing de ja vu, it's the same as the cover image except in black and white.


1/6/2007 -
I updated this page a bit. ^_^ The lyrics are from "Beloved" by VNV Nation, a song which I would recommend downloading. And if you like it I would recommend downloading anything else by VNV Nation...it's kind of a weird gothy techno genre with very deep, thoughtful lyrics.

I tried to make the lyrics as legible as I could without detracting from the artwork too much, but if you can't read what it says:

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It's colder than before. The seasons took all they have come for.
Now winter dances here. It seems so fitting, don't you think, to dress the ground in white and gray?
It's so quiet I can hear my thoughts touching every second that I spent waiting for you.
Circumstances afford me no second chance to tell you how much I've missed you.

My beloved, do you know, when the warm wind comes again, another year will start to pass?
And please don't ask me why I'm here. Something deeper brought me that I need to remember.
We were once young and blessed with wings... No heights could keep us from their reach; no sacred place we did not soar.
Still, greater things bound within us. I don't regret the choices that I made... I know you feel the same.

My beloved, do you know how many times I've stared at clouds, thinking that I saw you there?
These are feelings that do not pass so easily. I can't forget what we claimed as ours.

Moments lost and time remains. I am so proud of what we were.
No pain remains, no feeling— eternity awaits.
Grant me wings that I might fly. My restless soul is longing.
No pain remains, no feeling— eternity awaits.

VNV Nation, Beloved
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The line about lack of regrets doesn't quite jive with Vincent and Lucrecia's past—especially on Lucrecia's part—or, well, with the entire theme and purpose of this doujinshi, but the rest just fits so nicely with this little private moment of contemplation Vincent's having that I think it's worth the inclusion.

It's important to distinguish this from Vincent's thoughts which start on the next page. Now that I put the lyrics in here, though, I wish I'd added in another page in between them with no words, because it kind of jumps from this to Vincent's little monologue a bit quickly. =( So I might even go back in and insert another page between 7 and 8.

Music helps me think a great deal when I create something and I've been collecting lyrics that I feel relate to certain parts of this story, so I'll be including song lyrics at other key points. Not sure if I'll include them at every chapter opening or what. I'm not even sure if I'll have regular chapter switches. I don't plan that thoroughly. ^_^

Oh yes, and that brings me to why the song title, "Beloved," is in such fancy writing, which incidentally matches the title of the doujin on the cover page... I'm going to make that the name of this first volume, as it nicely encompasses all that I have planned for it. And yes, I have planned as far as volumes 1 and 2! Including volume 2's cover image and theme.

But first I have to finish this volume, soooo...

That fancy script font is called Scriptina. The other shiz is good ole' Garamond.

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- onward to page 8!
- Return to the Redemption gallery/index...
- ...or start reading Redemption from the beginning here.

Redemption is a Final Fantasy VII fanfiction.
All characters, locations, etc. belong to Square-Enix.
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Just listened to the song and I love the lyrics. Also started reading your story.