[breathes out, quietly. leans in a little, her expression melting]
I was telling the truth, all right? I do like the person that you've become. You didn't fail at all.
...Sometimes, I think about how it would've been easier for you if you hadn't met me. Then I think of those happy times we had together. Would you be the same? Would you be saving the world now? ...Or would you have a normal life and a family? Sometimes you seem so lonely and far away, even to me...
But you found purpose, didn't you? That makes me happy. That's all it takes, okay?
...
[shifts slowly, so she doesn't disturb him, curling up against his back.]
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[breathes out, quietly. leans in a little, her expression melting]
I was telling the truth, all right? I do like the person that you've become. You didn't fail at all.
...Sometimes, I think about how it would've been easier for you if you hadn't met me. Then I think of those happy times we had together. Would you be the same? Would you be saving the world now? ...Or would you have a normal life and a family? Sometimes you seem so lonely and far away, even to me...
But you found purpose, didn't you? That makes me happy. That's all it takes, okay?
...
[shifts slowly, so she doesn't disturb him, curling up against his back.]
Just rest for a while.