[ he doesn't owe her anything. what she did wasn't done so that he would incur some kind of debt, it was done because she wanted to make things better, wanted -- and continues to want -- him alive and as well as possible, because she wants to make a difference, because that is, at her very core, who she is.
he doesn't owe her anything for that.
that, and she would much rather he do this not out of a sense of obligation, not because he thinks he owes her but because he wants to comfort or -- whatever his motivation, it shouldn't be obligation. she doesn't quite know her own motivation in this, though, in being quite this close to him and in letting her head tip forward a little further, close to his neck, and she doesn't want to look too closely at his, either.
not right now, at least. ]
I know. [ it's still subdued, but she knows she'll get through it. the optimism, her drive -- what constitutes, in the end, her strength to keep going -- that's all still there and it'll come to the foreground again sooner rather than later. she'll pull herself together and she'll keep going.
she always has. ] I'll be fine. [ and she means that; there's a growing sense of conviction behind those words. ]
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he doesn't owe her anything for that.
that, and she would much rather he do this not out of a sense of obligation, not because he thinks he owes her but because he wants to comfort or -- whatever his motivation, it shouldn't be obligation. she doesn't quite know her own motivation in this, though, in being quite this close to him and in letting her head tip forward a little further, close to his neck, and she doesn't want to look too closely at his, either.
not right now, at least. ]
I know. [ it's still subdued, but she knows she'll get through it. the optimism, her drive -- what constitutes, in the end, her strength to keep going -- that's all still there and it'll come to the foreground again sooner rather than later. she'll pull herself together and she'll keep going.
she always has. ] I'll be fine. [ and she means that; there's a growing sense of conviction behind those words. ]