[But at that last bit, Rean tilts his head a little, as if he's confused by the suggestion.]
...You know I've never once thought of you as fragile, right? And what happened in there doesn't change that.
It was... a lot of puzzles, mostly? Puzzles led by what seemed to be ghosts of your past. It was all a bit fragmented, and I'm sure I really only have the basic outline of a lot of things. Still, I feel bad that I didn't get to hear it from you. Feels a little bit intrusive, knowing things about you that you didn't get the chance to tell me.
[...]
I still want to hear it all from you, though, whenever you're ready. I still want you to have the space to make that call on your own, and I'm not going to let that place take that from you.
What I will say, though, is that from what I saw? You're not fragile at all. It takes a lot to shoulder the things you have and keep standing.
I just don't want you to feel like you have to shoulder it all alone. I want to be here to help you carry those burdens— not because I don't think you can, but because I want to be a part of your life, no matter what that may mean.
Does that make sense? [He gives a tiny smile.] I'd make a joke here about 'lapsing into my native language,' like you did for me, but I don't really speak any other languages well enough to pull it off, I'm afraid.
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[But at that last bit, Rean tilts his head a little, as if he's confused by the suggestion.]
...You know I've never once thought of you as fragile, right? And what happened in there doesn't change that.
It was... a lot of puzzles, mostly? Puzzles led by what seemed to be ghosts of your past. It was all a bit fragmented, and I'm sure I really only have the basic outline of a lot of things. Still, I feel bad that I didn't get to hear it from you. Feels a little bit intrusive, knowing things about you that you didn't get the chance to tell me.
[...]
I still want to hear it all from you, though, whenever you're ready. I still want you to have the space to make that call on your own, and I'm not going to let that place take that from you.
What I will say, though, is that from what I saw? You're not fragile at all. It takes a lot to shoulder the things you have and keep standing.
I just don't want you to feel like you have to shoulder it all alone. I want to be here to help you carry those burdens— not because I don't think you can, but because I want to be a part of your life, no matter what that may mean.
Does that make sense? [He gives a tiny smile.] I'd make a joke here about 'lapsing into my native language,' like you did for me, but I don't really speak any other languages well enough to pull it off, I'm afraid.