[ It's not like she doesn't hear his words, or their tone. No, it's exactly because of that tone that she can't help but say it.
It feels like he's giving her credit that she has never earned. ]
I felt miserable for the longest thing after I showed up in Deerington. [ It's so long ago by now, and yet she can recall it with weird clarity. ] It's only.. because I met kind people. Like you.
[ This is the one time she won't let Mako wrestle himself out of that definition. Because it's just true. Mako might not be one of the first she has met - but he's been so important. It has been so nice to have someone who understands her so instinctively, without her having to explain the intricacies of her thought processes. ]
.. that's the only way I felt like I could finally live.
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[ It's not like she doesn't hear his words, or their tone. No, it's exactly because of that tone that she can't help but say it.
It feels like he's giving her credit that she has never earned. ]
I felt miserable for the longest thing after I showed up in Deerington. [ It's so long ago by now, and yet she can recall it with weird clarity. ] It's only.. because I met kind people. Like you.
[ This is the one time she won't let Mako wrestle himself out of that definition. Because it's just true. Mako might not be one of the first she has met - but he's been so important. It has been so nice to have someone who understands her so instinctively, without her having to explain the intricacies of her thought processes. ]
.. that's the only way I felt like I could finally live.