[ She keeps apologizing to him, as if the broken facilities and the abandoned storefront are somehow her responsibility. She's still so young, and the world is always just a little cruel to people to don't deserve it, so Atsushi shakes his head vigorously, long stray bang whipping back and forth. ]
—You don't have to apologize, Chihiro-chan. You've already done so much; and it's fine, I know it couldn't have been easy.
[ Surviving is never a pretty ordeal, and Atsushi knows that secondhand from his sordid past, from learning how humans operate in a microcosm where a misstep leads to punishment and good deeds are rewarded with being allowed to breathe. He doesn't hold the lack of organization against anyone— why should he?
So he smiles, and rocks back and forth on the balls of his feet. ]
It's been brave of you to live like this, you know?
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[ She keeps apologizing to him, as if the broken facilities and the abandoned storefront are somehow her responsibility. She's still so young, and the world is always just a little cruel to people to don't deserve it, so Atsushi shakes his head vigorously, long stray bang whipping back and forth. ]
—You don't have to apologize, Chihiro-chan. You've already done so much; and it's fine, I know it couldn't have been easy.
[ Surviving is never a pretty ordeal, and Atsushi knows that secondhand from his sordid past, from learning how humans operate in a microcosm where a misstep leads to punishment and good deeds are rewarded with being allowed to breathe. He doesn't hold the lack of organization against anyone— why should he?
So he smiles, and rocks back and forth on the balls of his feet. ]
It's been brave of you to live like this, you know?