When I put on the helmet, I'm... flooded with voices.
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Everyone who's worn the helmet before me is there.
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Every voice unique, and they don't always speak the same thing. There's... a constant argument?
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There's a unifying voice to the din, I guess, but that's not always what I'm thinking.
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What I say when I'm the Iahn... it's not always my voice. Sometimes, it's what the chorus says.
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I'm one voice, surrounded on all sides by others, all with different things to say, all with different, small, important distinctions.
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I recognize them, I know they're all saying what they feel is best, but... it's easy to completely lose yourself in the voices.
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Sometimes, it gets difficult to understand what is and what isn't what I am thinking. What I want.
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The first time I wore the helmet, I was warned of it. I've only been able to put it on for the past year or so. It's so overwhelming.
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I know that this is my responsibility, what I'm supposed to do, but... when I take the helmet off, I'm me again. I'm Sky.
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It's jarring! I know that the longer I keep the helmet on, the harder it is to pull myself back from the voices. The harder it will be to be able to take the helmet off.
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The chorus was opposed to me revealing this to you all. But I felt strongly enough about it to overpower that.
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I have to find my own voice again before I even CAN take the helmet off. Not doing so would mean I'd die by taking the helmet off.
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I know that, someday, I won't take the helmet off again, because it will become impossible to find myself enough to.
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At that point, I'll... be The Iahn until I die. I'll never be Sky Fullbright again.
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Because my voice will be there, in the helmet, forever.
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And that's why I value being able to take the helmet off, and be myself, with you all, so much.
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It's... the last freedom I have. And one I know I only have so much time of.
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That eventually I will cease to be, and there will just be us.