[he nods and then will go to bow at the waist, lowering his head to her]
Not all the details - I wonder if I could've helped more, if I....
[ . . . ]
But I'm not that smart, Lia-san. So I get it, if it's hard to see the places where I was trying to help or bring us closer to the answer. But... I promise I was trying.
[trial: maybe they were framing bdsm buzen: pleeeEEAAASE RETHINK THIS]
[he shuts his eyes for a long moment before he rises, and then shakes his head]
Please don't thank me. I don't... That feels wrong to accept when I still - it was still so hard on everyone, and I couldn't find a way to make it easier.
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Not all the details - I wonder if I could've helped more, if I....
[ . . . ]
But I'm not that smart, Lia-san. So I get it, if it's hard to see the places where I was trying to help or bring us closer to the answer. But... I promise I was trying.
[trial: maybe they were framing bdsm
buzen: pleeeEEAAASE RETHINK THIS]
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[It does take a few seconds to process that.]
I think you did help, in the end... So, thank you.
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Please don't thank me. I don't... That feels wrong to accept when I still - it was still so hard on everyone, and I couldn't find a way to make it easier.
I just want to apologize, and try to do better.
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... I believe that you will. So I forgive you.
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You don't have to, Lia-san. Really. Or at least... not yet.
Let me figure out how to earn it first, if that's okay. [a beat] Ah, I'm really not used to arguing back this much... Being a person is really hard.
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... but you're right, it's best to show it with some kind of act of atonement!
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he's just going to smile at that, it's weaker than usual but no less sincere]
You really care about justice, huh? Then... I hope that I can help live up to that ideal, too.