Yup. No veils, no places to hide. Just you as you are. And it seems like the person you are is someone people like, if they're still getting to know you and letting you know them in return.
[...she continues to quietly analyze him for a moment.]
I'm not going to ask you about your circumstances back home. The way you view yourself kinda says enough. But I do think the effort and wanting to hope for that says enough, too. You'll get there. It's funny. Once it starts, I think it's one of those things you don't really forget how to do because you never realized how much you wanted it to begin with.
[ SHE IS READING HIM LIKE A BOOK. A CHILDREN'S BOOK. WITH PICTURES. ]
It's almost frightening how easily you put it to words... For a time, all I ever sought were cheap thrills and risks and the next biggest payoff, but these days, I'm finding that fervent desire has shifted its course.
[ A huff of breath, something caught between a sigh and a laugh. ]
Because trying to bring people closer is the biggest risk of all? [it's a little dry, but understanding.] I think...maybe I understand it a little better than you'd think. And as someone with experience, let me just say it does, actually, get easier and easier.
When you think about it, your best is all you can really do. It's just that your best becomes better over time.
Happy to do it. Keep that in mind, okay? For anything. [because at this point all they can do is try to help each other through.] Even if it's just to tell you you're likeable.
[it's a joke but yeah, she'll hype him up??? horrible.]
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You're right about that. In a place like this, I've only had time to get to know people, and they've gotten to know me in turn.
[ It's changed him in ways that he hadn't thought possible. It's opened him up to possibilities that he thought were long gone for someone like him. ]
... I hope so, Miss Aerith. If not for my sake, then everyone else's. I think I owe them all that much.
[ For their unending patience and kindness. ]
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[...she continues to quietly analyze him for a moment.]
I'm not going to ask you about your circumstances back home. The way you view yourself kinda says enough. But I do think the effort and wanting to hope for that says enough, too. You'll get there. It's funny. Once it starts, I think it's one of those things you don't really forget how to do because you never realized how much you wanted it to begin with.
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It's almost frightening how easily you put it to words... For a time, all I ever sought were cheap thrills and risks and the next biggest payoff, but these days, I'm finding that fervent desire has shifted its course.
[ A huff of breath, something caught between a sigh and a laugh. ]
So, I'll do the best that I can.
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Because trying to bring people closer is the biggest risk of all? [it's a little dry, but understanding.] I think...maybe I understand it a little better than you'd think. And as someone with experience, let me just say it does, actually, get easier and easier.
When you think about it, your best is all you can really do. It's just that your best becomes better over time.
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[it's a joke but yeah, she'll hype him up??? horrible.]