It's curious, but he just smiles at that and gives a nod, silver eyes immediately brightening. ] When I'm feeling sad or anxious...
[ He looks up at the building around them. The mail room, the windows looking out over a breathtaking city that's so terribly foreign as much as it's beautiful. ]
...or when I'm far away from home and don't know when I'll see it again, it helps to think of fun things. The things I want to do when I'm home and can tell everyone "I'm back".
[ He turns back and nods to her in bright reassurance. ] That way, it doesn't seem so sad or anxious and home doesn't feel so far away. Because I'm thinking about the people I want to see and what I'll do when I'm with them again.
[ ... it hurts
It hurts so bad it makes his throat tighten like his own words might choke him. Like a charm...
Those words he's just said that he used to say so easily feel like reciting charm and it's all he can do to get them out now. Because for her sake, he thinks it'll help. Because he absolutely believes in what he's saying and that it's a good way to live and he just wants to help her.
But saying it also makes him realize it's... like he's standing on the other side of it now. Looking on something that no longer applies to him.
But he'll keep smiling all the brighter so she doesn't have to know that part. ]
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It's curious, but he just smiles at that and gives a nod, silver eyes immediately brightening. ] When I'm feeling sad or anxious...
[ He looks up at the building around them. The mail room, the windows looking out over a breathtaking city that's so terribly foreign as much as it's beautiful. ]
...or when I'm far away from home and don't know when I'll see it again, it helps to think of fun things. The things I want to do when I'm home and can tell everyone "I'm back".
[ He turns back and nods to her in bright reassurance. ] That way, it doesn't seem so sad or anxious and home doesn't feel so far away. Because I'm thinking about the people I want to see and what I'll do when I'm with them again.
[ ... it hurts
It hurts so bad it makes his throat tighten like his own words might choke him. Like a charm...
Those words he's just said that he used to say so easily feel like reciting charm and it's all he can do to get them out now. Because for her sake, he thinks it'll help. Because he absolutely believes in what he's saying and that it's a good way to live and he just wants to help her.
But saying it also makes him realize it's... like he's standing on the other side of it now. Looking on something that no longer applies to him.
But he'll keep smiling all the brighter so she doesn't have to know that part. ]