[ There's no hesitation in his words, and they come with a sort of weight that implies that this is something he's though of well in advance. It is, of course, but not in this context. He had struggled wit something similar when he had returned home and found Lizzie, the loving fiancee waiting for him. To him, it's the same struggle.
Is it selfish to push them away out of an idea of their safety, or is it selfish to still want them at his side? Lizzie he had to accept, since there was politics in that relationship too, but it was still a conflict he struggled with, so he had assured himself to make her life after he was gone as comfortable as possible.
For Mabel... That part wasn't the same. ]
It's not balanced. If I hadn't remembered the park at all, would you— [ He pauses, raising a hand with a flat expression, and he shakes his head. ] ...No, nevermind, that's a bad example. You would definitely still befriend me all the same.
[ oz is an outlier and should not be counted ]
But take that as an example anyways. You would know things about me that I would never share otherwise, but I wouldn't remember sharing them. There's a basis of a relationship in something that one person never experienced. That's just carrying on in a lie. It's deceptive.
at least he's not kaoru
[ There's no hesitation in his words, and they come with a sort of weight that implies that this is something he's though of well in advance. It is, of course, but not in this context. He had struggled wit something similar when he had returned home and found Lizzie, the loving fiancee waiting for him. To him, it's the same struggle.
Is it selfish to push them away out of an idea of their safety, or is it selfish to still want them at his side? Lizzie he had to accept, since there was politics in that relationship too, but it was still a conflict he struggled with, so he had assured himself to make her life after he was gone as comfortable as possible.
For Mabel... That part wasn't the same. ]
It's not balanced. If I hadn't remembered the park at all, would you— [ He pauses, raising a hand with a flat expression, and he shakes his head. ] ...No, nevermind, that's a bad example. You would definitely still befriend me all the same.
[ oz is an outlier and should not be counted ]
But take that as an example anyways. You would know things about me that I would never share otherwise, but I wouldn't remember sharing them. There's a basis of a relationship in something that one person never experienced. That's just carrying on in a lie. It's deceptive.