[This time, it sounds more like a sigh, a puff of air on the exhale, soft, relieved, and ragged.]
...I spent most of my life being selfish, so I... guess I want to avoid it... but...
Maybe if we both want it, then maybe we can want it for each other. Like a selfish wish for... someone else's happiness, and they cancel each other out.
[Gently, slowly, he lifts his head from Ion's, expression nearly something you could call calm. In the dim light of the dining area, you could almost call it resolved.]
Or maybe we can both just be selfish together.
...And I think you more than deserve a little selfishness, Ion.
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...I spent most of my life being selfish, so I... guess I want to avoid it... but...
Maybe if we both want it, then maybe we can want it for each other. Like a selfish wish for... someone else's happiness, and they cancel each other out.
[Gently, slowly, he lifts his head from Ion's, expression nearly something you could call calm. In the dim light of the dining area, you could almost call it resolved.]
Or maybe we can both just be selfish together.
...And I think you more than deserve a little selfishness, Ion.