[He is!! Not Buzen levels, but nobody is Buzen levels...
He did, however, notice her missing collar--a hard thing not to notice, though he would have anyway, even if it were subtle. It's a little too much to touch her neck, so he gently rubs her back instead.
He hasn't lived her life. He didn't go through the things she went through. But... in a sense, he understands her perspective. He's spent so long focused on the countdown to the end of his life, the hangman's noose tightening around his neck day by day. It's not so much that he feels bereft with the potential of his life back in his hands, but--it's a very strange thing to adjust to.]
...I think there's more to freedom than taking off your shackles. [He says, finally.] Learning what you want--that's just as important.
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she thinks about that, eyes closed, and then:]
... I don't know. [she says, finally.] I'm a little afraid I won't want anything when I go back.
[when your entire life is spent chasing a goal, and you reach that goal - what do you do? isn't that it? there's an after, but...]
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He did, however, notice her missing collar--a hard thing not to notice, though he would have anyway, even if it were subtle. It's a little too much to touch her neck, so he gently rubs her back instead.
He hasn't lived her life. He didn't go through the things she went through. But... in a sense, he understands her perspective. He's spent so long focused on the countdown to the end of his life, the hangman's noose tightening around his neck day by day. It's not so much that he feels bereft with the potential of his life back in his hands, but--it's a very strange thing to adjust to.]
...I think there's more to freedom than taking off your shackles. [He says, finally.] Learning what you want--that's just as important.