[ If he wasn't clearly doing SO badly... she might be disappointed in him. And so recently after he's talked about his loved ones being a part of his heart, too; it's like he's forgotten his own convictions.
But there's more to it than that, of course. It's pain, and loss, and grief. ]
I don't think it was useless. What boyfriend... doesn't want his boyfriend to be safe? To not feel scared? I don't want that for any of my friends...
[ Fog, the broadcast. The damned broadcast which she keeps hearing about but came in too late to actually saw. It continues to weigh on her friends' lives.
There's another aspect to all of this - Atem's own agency in doing the horrible things he's talking about - but she pushes that down, as a lesser truth, and focuses on the larger one. ]
Don't you think, in doing those things... in trying to protect Ryou-kun... you caused more than suffering? It's love, isn't it, to look after each other? To try to make him feel safe, even if it doesn't always work? You both care about each other so much... isn't that something you've given him, too?
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But there's more to it than that, of course. It's pain, and loss, and grief. ]
I don't think it was useless. What boyfriend... doesn't want his boyfriend to be safe? To not feel scared? I don't want that for any of my friends...
[ Fog, the broadcast. The damned broadcast which she keeps hearing about but came in too late to actually saw. It continues to weigh on her friends' lives.
There's another aspect to all of this - Atem's own agency in doing the horrible things he's talking about - but she pushes that down, as a lesser truth, and focuses on the larger one. ]
Don't you think, in doing those things... in trying to protect Ryou-kun... you caused more than suffering? It's love, isn't it, to look after each other? To try to make him feel safe, even if it doesn't always work? You both care about each other so much... isn't that something you've given him, too?