The Truth About Hope - Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Hilda

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Title: The Truth About Hope
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Challenge/Prompt: Drabblesoup - high hopes
AO3 Link: here

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This is the most important thing Hilda can learn from her brother, according to their father: some goddamn work ethic.

 

This is the most important thing Hilda can learn from her brother, according to every weapon instructor she’s ever had: how to let inertia carry her swings so it does most of the work for her.

 

This is the most important thing Hilda can learn from her brother, according to her: hope, when it comes from others, is a slow-acting poison; success a bear trap closing over your leg; disappointment its inevitable end.

 

Thankfully, she’s getting pretty good with inertia.

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