Well I can get why he wouldn't draw it out and cause pain, but as for comforting him... it would have been more ideal to just end it quickly if he got control back.
Exactly. And if he was at risk of losing control again, it would be more efficient to end it immediately. It wouldn't have been cruel if he did just that, either. But he didn't, so why...?
[She hums, leaning back on the couch.]
I'll let you in on a secret, Lalli-san. But don't go around telling everyone, alright? I think we have a lot in common, so I'm trusting you with this. [Wags her finger like, no-no.] ... I don't understand what they call the heart. I've been told I don't have one, ever since I was little. So, whatever was going through his mind at that moment... I don't get it either.
[He listens to all of that, and he frowns slightly.]
Kids used to tell me that too, but Onni told me not to listen to them because they were just bullying me. That if you have a heartbeat and you're alive, then you have a 'heart'.
[The one in quotation marks has a bit more emphasis to it too, like when he was talking about the three souls thing a little while back.]
But your heart- and mine too- they might just be different from everyone else's. And different isn't bad, right? So it's fine.
[Emotionally constipated buddies! Maybe someday Lalli will learn the words to actually describe himself and this kind of conversation will get easier.]
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Date: 2021-06-28 01:29 am (UTC)I- I don't know? Maybe he wanted Rupert to not be scared?
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Date: 2021-06-28 01:43 am (UTC)She makes a face, apparently disappointed, and sighs.]
... Ahaha, so you don't get it either. To tell the truth, I'm at a loss too.
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Date: 2021-06-28 01:50 am (UTC)[But he didn't. Which is confusing.]
So you don't get it either?
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Date: 2021-06-28 02:12 am (UTC)[She hums, leaning back on the couch.]
I'll let you in on a secret, Lalli-san. But don't go around telling everyone, alright? I think we have a lot in common, so I'm trusting you with this. [Wags her finger like, no-no.] ... I don't understand what they call the heart. I've been told I don't have one, ever since I was little. So, whatever was going through his mind at that moment... I don't get it either.
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Date: 2021-06-28 02:27 am (UTC)Kids used to tell me that too, but Onni told me not to listen to them because they were just bullying me. That if you have a heartbeat and you're alive, then you have a 'heart'.
[The one in quotation marks has a bit more emphasis to it too, like when he was talking about the three souls thing a little while back.]
But your heart- and mine too- they might just be different from everyone else's. And different isn't bad, right? So it's fine.
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Date: 2021-06-29 03:44 am (UTC)... Oh. You, too, huh? [Places a hand over her chest, briefly.] It's a nice thought. If only it were as simple as that...
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Date: 2021-06-29 03:59 am (UTC)[Because yeah Lalli doesn't have much to help with that.]
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Date: 2021-07-01 02:42 am (UTC)[They can both paddle this emotionally constipated boat together.]
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Date: 2021-07-01 03:08 am (UTC)