[The problem is, what he did come over here to say isn't the sort of thing that leaves his mouth very often, or easily. He's gotta work up to it.]
[He even glances around, briefly rubbing the back of his head, as though to make sure that nobody else was close by enough to overhear.]
...thanks.
I don't know if you're what brought us to this world in the first place, but you're the closest thing we've ever found. And I guess you're in charge of things around here anyway.
I dunno. Last time you told me that you called who was needed. And nobody'd ever needed me for anything good where I was from. It...helped. So...for that. And for this whole thing, if you did that too.
I needed it. And a lot of other people I care about needed it too.
[He just trails off there, awkwardly. Ugh, talking about feelings. But it was important. He's gotten better at saying important things, lately.]
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[The problem is, what he did come over here to say isn't the sort of thing that leaves his mouth very often, or easily. He's gotta work up to it.]
[He even glances around, briefly rubbing the back of his head, as though to make sure that nobody else was close by enough to overhear.]
...thanks.
I don't know if you're what brought us to this world in the first place, but you're the closest thing we've ever found. And I guess you're in charge of things around here anyway.
I dunno. Last time you told me that you called who was needed. And nobody'd ever needed me for anything good where I was from. It...helped. So...for that. And for this whole thing, if you did that too.
I needed it. And a lot of other people I care about needed it too.
[He just trails off there, awkwardly. Ugh, talking about feelings. But it was important. He's gotten better at saying important things, lately.]