there's a part where he pauses in his rocking - apparently surprised. and then he'll just. hold justice closer to him, giving him a very warm, very tight hug.]
....
I liked it.
The place that you made up.
[ . . . . ]
Because I... I don't have anything like that either. The normal house, with a family. That sort of really quiet, peaceful, warm place.... So being able to pretend this week, with the little group that I made play house with me....
[senri whispers the last words, full of gratitude even as fragile as they are:]
But...I'm really glad that...that you got to have that. Maybe now you won't have to pretend anymore, because you know what it's like. So you can make a real one for yourself...right?
I don't know. I'm really good at pretend. I think you've seen that, because I.... don't know how to make anything real. So I go based on what I've seen in stories, and lines that I've delivered before. It makes it hard... to know how to say the right thing, to be genuine with people.
[he continues to hold Justice close, and it's only after all his stage acting that he's able to keep his voice level again, despite the emotion clear in it]
.... but we can try. You and me. We'll try to do a little bit more than pretend, if that's what you want.
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there's a part where he pauses in his rocking - apparently surprised. and then he'll just. hold justice closer to him, giving him a very warm, very tight hug.]
....
I liked it.
The place that you made up.
[ . . . . ]
Because I... I don't have anything like that either. The normal house, with a family. That sort of really quiet, peaceful, warm place.... So being able to pretend this week, with the little group that I made play house with me....
[senri whispers the last words, full of gratitude even as fragile as they are:]
Thank you - for giving me that.
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I wish I'd been able to be there with you.
[But he'd been too nervous to ask.]
But...I'm really glad that...that you got to have that. Maybe now you won't have to pretend anymore, because you know what it's like. So you can make a real one for yourself...right?
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I don't know. I'm really good at pretend. I think you've seen that, because I.... don't know how to make anything real. So I go based on what I've seen in stories, and lines that I've delivered before. It makes it hard... to know how to say the right thing, to be genuine with people.
[he continues to hold Justice close, and it's only after all his stage acting that he's able to keep his voice level again, despite the emotion clear in it]
.... but we can try. You and me. We'll try to do a little bit more than pretend, if that's what you want.