like a star, like a firefly

Definitely. Grief is natural, but he doesn't want to spend his life being sad because his sister's relying on him and so are his friends and classmates.

*nod* Both can be recruited in SS, at least, though with Hilda you have to wait.

True, lol. Dimitri has two mlm endings, and Coco has three wlw. (I count Mercedes even though they refer to each other as "sister" a lot.) And yeah, Manuela CAN become Flayn's mother if she marries Seteth, so why can't she become her mother figure without it? :c