[Kaworu asked Paul to measure his growth not so long ago. He meant his height, a subject that Paul found endearingly human of him, although he'd never dare to say that to Kaworu's face - but sometimes Paul wonders by what measure he'd set the more intangible changes in Kaworu against.
It might be moments like this, where Kaworu pauses before he speaks, looks inward instead of outward. When he turns away from the mirror of the world and defines himself by himself, not a long lost boy or the strictures of angels.]
Do you know what you're longing for?
[Paul encourages these instants whenever they come, even here. (It's not as though any of them have a right to judge.) His question is meant to be open-ended, no answer right or wrong, as long as it's a considered one.]
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It might be moments like this, where Kaworu pauses before he speaks, looks inward instead of outward. When he turns away from the mirror of the world and defines himself by himself, not a long lost boy or the strictures of angels.]
Do you know what you're longing for?
[Paul encourages these instants whenever they come, even here. (It's not as though any of them have a right to judge.) His question is meant to be open-ended, no answer right or wrong, as long as it's a considered one.]