[ Part of real maturity is understanding that others can have perspectives different from your own that are equally valid and legitimate, and if you can't do that yourself then it's hard to believe someone else could. Harold knows that's something every young person struggles with, so it's easy to read through here, and he doesn't want to denigrate whatever coping strategy Accelerator has come up with. Particularly not when it's one the Machine had decided on, also.
In a lot of respects, she would know better than him. Harold had made her to be more than a human could be, himself included, maybe himself especially.
Accelerator's simple statement, It's hard, seems apropos more than anything to Harold. In the tone of a confession: ] I miss her. Even if we weren't communicating directly, she could see me through every camera, hear me through every microphone.
[ Maybe no one else would find that comforting, but Harold always has. He and Root are alike in some ways he found hard to admit. ]
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In a lot of respects, she would know better than him. Harold had made her to be more than a human could be, himself included, maybe himself especially.
Accelerator's simple statement, It's hard, seems apropos more than anything to Harold. In the tone of a confession: ] I miss her. Even if we weren't communicating directly, she could see me through every camera, hear me through every microphone.
[ Maybe no one else would find that comforting, but Harold always has. He and Root are alike in some ways he found hard to admit. ]