[The burden of responsibility weighs heavily on Paul, leaking into nearly every aspect of his life. Gentle exoneration might be what he needs from the various individuals who have taken on delegation roles, gladly and out of genuine affection and respect for the teenager who seems always to have some deep thought or some pressing duty.
L understands how it is, because deep thoughts and pressing duties are his raison d'etre. Paul's part of that now, too, because Paul deserves a future that doesn't run charred into the ground.
Paul still has that chance.]
I'm the wrong one to ask. I'm not an easy person, to be there for.
[He'd come to Cassandra with a mission, or at least that's what he'd told himself. He'd left something else behind all too gladly, as well as other survivors. Had Shoyo cried alone there on the beach? He doesn't know; he was too busy numbly swallowing as many sleeping herbs as he could so he could steep in the abyss and obsess over it.]
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L understands how it is, because deep thoughts and pressing duties are his raison d'etre. Paul's part of that now, too, because Paul deserves a future that doesn't run charred into the ground.
Paul still has that chance.]
I'm the wrong one to ask. I'm not an easy person, to be there for.
[He'd come to Cassandra with a mission, or at least that's what he'd told himself. He'd left something else behind all too gladly, as well as other survivors. Had Shoyo cried alone there on the beach? He doesn't know; he was too busy numbly swallowing as many sleeping herbs as he could so he could steep in the abyss and obsess over it.]
That's also not your fault, Paul.