[ it's not like a lie would've made the bargain better, in any case. she's already given the payment up long after he's asked the question, which in of itself has no bearing on her circumstances now with a tail she can only use with any ease in the water. his mouth thins to a line at her words, but he makes no comment on the former subject. makoto can't rid her of her hatred, even as his own doubts about CERES continue to aggregate, heavy and distended, bearing down on him with every passing day.
it's the fee she levied over that bothers him the most. horrifically, it bears some convoluted analogue to what happened to haru that night, his bout of amnesia over the nights prior, although that memory had to be the farthest thing from the singularly defining moment of his life.
he can't vilify her desire for her tail, either — the lengths she'd gone to be freed, only to lose the only tenuous point of connection tying her to her friends and family. instead, makoto tentatively reaches out, one palm lying consolingly on her shoulder, head bent to examine her expression, not her tail. ]
It's okay. Memories are only memories, right? Now you have all the more reason to make even happier ones, now. The happiest you've ever had.
[ his smile is scalding his mouth now, a trembling consolation, but he continues speaking without a discernible break. ]
... Do you want to swim together with me? I think I saw a place not too far off from here that would be great for diving. Scoping through, too, since most of it still pretty waterlogged. I doubt we'll have a chance like this again anytime soon.
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it's the fee she levied over that bothers him the most. horrifically, it bears some convoluted analogue to what happened to haru that night, his bout of amnesia over the nights prior, although that memory had to be the farthest thing from the singularly defining moment of his life.
he can't vilify her desire for her tail, either — the lengths she'd gone to be freed, only to lose the only tenuous point of connection tying her to her friends and family. instead, makoto tentatively reaches out, one palm lying consolingly on her shoulder, head bent to examine her expression, not her tail. ]
It's okay. Memories are only memories, right? Now you have all the more reason to make even happier ones, now. The happiest you've ever had.
[ his smile is scalding his mouth now, a trembling consolation, but he continues speaking without a discernible break. ]
... Do you want to swim together with me? I think I saw a place not too far off from here that would be great for diving. Scoping through, too, since most of it still pretty waterlogged. I doubt we'll have a chance like this again anytime soon.