[Seeming to lose a bit of that nervous edge, he bounces mildly on his feet.]
I feel...a lot more confident now. I feel like how I felt a bit more before...I realized what was missing. But even better, because I can really see it. I'm still a little afraid, but it's getting so much easier.
[ Tentatively, Madoka leans forward to reach out and cup his cheek. ]
Making changes to your outside - whether it's to your appearance, or to how well you express yourself...
I guess you could call those changes. But it's still good to remember that you're still you - and that it was your own will. We need to stay kind to ourselves, old and new, because they're all still us.
Of course. There's no time limit to making better friends with someone.
[ She strokes her thumb over his cheek one last time, then draws back.
She doesn't get to touch people back home. And he looks like Tatsuya, who can see her now, back home - while he's young. But he'll grow up and forget. It makes her heart ache to see a likeness, but - it's nice to touch, just for a moment. ]
I'm happy that I'm getting to know you a little better.
[Justice laughs happily. He can't feel the warmth of her hands, not really, but it's a comforting sensation nonetheless.]
You mean it? That makes me so happy! Hey, do you know how to fold origami? I've been getting a lot of origami from everyone, so I've been building a whole town!
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[For some reason, he feels very suddenly like he should be bowing to her. It kind of comes out as a nervous, awkward shuffling, an embarrassed smile.]
I didn't...have a face. I didn't have...a head, actually. So I felt broken and i-incomplete and scared.
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[ I MEAN, NOT THE NOT HAVING A HEAD THING, but definitely the feeling incomplete or scared like that! ]
And you feel better now? More like yourself?
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[Seeming to lose a bit of that nervous edge, he bounces mildly on his feet.]
I feel...a lot more confident now. I feel like how I felt a bit more before...I realized what was missing. But even better, because I can really see it. I'm still a little afraid, but it's getting so much easier.
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Then Madoka hesitates, because she realizes halfway through an idea that... Her motivations are probably part selfishness.
But she still asks: ]
Do you mind if I touch you?
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I...I don't mind at all!
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Making changes to your outside - whether it's to your appearance, or to how well you express yourself...
I guess you could call those changes. But it's still good to remember that you're still you - and that it was your own will. We need to stay kind to ourselves, old and new, because they're all still us.
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Madoka? Can we be friends? I know there isn't a lot of time left, but...
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[ She strokes her thumb over his cheek one last time, then draws back.
She doesn't get to touch people back home. And he looks like Tatsuya, who can see her now, back home - while he's young. But he'll grow up and forget. It makes her heart ache to see a likeness, but - it's nice to touch, just for a moment. ]
I'm happy that I'm getting to know you a little better.
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You mean it? That makes me so happy! Hey, do you know how to fold origami? I've been getting a lot of origami from everyone, so I've been building a whole town!
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... I don't think that'll help a town very much. Maybe there are some instruction books around?
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[All of his houses are just boxes with pyramids on top.]
But I think there are some in the study we can borrow.
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