[ This city is so strange, patchworked together in a way that feels like the opposite of Lumiรจre and the Continent. Back home, everything felt like it was all supposed to be part of one whole, a world Fractured apart. Here, it seems like nothing really fits together.
But he and Maelle still do. Right?
He tips his head back and forth, gives her a crooking half smile. ]
Turns out there's no escaping the difficult conversations even when you're dead.
[ A terrible joke. Sophie would have laughed, though, he thinks. ]
I really am glad he was there to help you all. And he helped me here, too, I just...
[ His lips twist, eyebrows pushing up as he shakes his head. He's always been honest with Maelle, about everything aside from that one, devastating thing, always talked to her like an adult, has always taken her opinions seriously. He is now, too. ]
I guess I don't understand him.
[ Dryly, poking fun at himself in an attempt to shake her from her own morose mood: ]
And you know how much I enjoy not understanding things.
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But he and Maelle still do. Right?
He tips his head back and forth, gives her a crooking half smile. ]
Turns out there's no escaping the difficult conversations even when you're dead.
[ A terrible joke. Sophie would have laughed, though, he thinks. ]
I really am glad he was there to help you all. And he helped me here, too, I just...
[ His lips twist, eyebrows pushing up as he shakes his head. He's always been honest with Maelle, about everything aside from that one, devastating thing, always talked to her like an adult, has always taken her opinions seriously. He is now, too. ]
I guess I don't understand him.
[ Dryly, poking fun at himself in an attempt to shake her from her own morose mood: ]
And you know how much I enjoy not understanding things.