[All of this was like a dream. A world that had suddenly built itself around them and one that Ai Thao found herself reluctant to let go of even though weeks before she had even warned herself of this sweet folly.
(And then she remembers the nightmare, how he was hurt, how the rage darkened, him, how it made him suffer, how it made him curse and now the world around them could so easily crumble...)
She reaches up to play with strands of her hair, twirling it around her fingers.]
You've been protecting me and listening to my troubles all this time. This War and you... Everything is very new and very strange.
[Ai glances to the side because him looking at her was too good to be true.]
I think for the longest time, I wanted to find something or someone important. That in itself seemed very selfish so I never could find a way to grasp it, not without faltering anyway. But then I met you.
[She reaches out to touch his chest, the place where his heart should be. Blooditspillsfromhisheart]
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[All of this was like a dream. A world that had suddenly built itself around them and one that Ai Thao found herself reluctant to let go of even though weeks before she had even warned herself of this sweet folly.
(And then she remembers the nightmare, how he was hurt, how the rage darkened, him, how it made him suffer, how it made him curse and now the world around them could so easily crumble...)
She reaches up to play with strands of her hair, twirling it around her fingers.]
You've been protecting me and listening to my troubles all this time. This War and you... Everything is very new and very strange.
[Ai glances to the side because him looking at her was too good to be true.]
I think for the longest time, I wanted to find something or someone important. That in itself seemed very selfish so I never could find a way to grasp it, not without faltering anyway. But then I met you.
[She reaches out to touch his chest, the place where his heart should be.
Blooditspillsfromhisheart]I don't want to falter when it comes to you.