[Time is strange in the Heavens, where minutes stretch on and on and a week feels like a month. With their days packed with fulfilling prayers and his spare time spent practicing his shinki abilities and reading as much as he can to catch up with the modern times, it certain doesn't feel like eight days.]
There is no reason to apologize. [And he's firm on this.] I'm...quite honored that you think of me that way in such a short period of time, actually. And I am very touched. I know that I am not the most exciting person to be around.
[A pause. And between them she'll feel the uncertainty beating in his heart, and thrumming subtly along with it, a quiet faint loneliness that he can't understand. But if she has borne witness to his memories, then she would know plenty of his time was spent with those younger than him, and the precious moments where he abandons his strictness to laugh and rough-house with his peers are rare.
Eventually those feelings fade as he tries to shake them off, and he tries to reassure her with a small smile.]
My lady and I both strive for the benefit of the people, and this second life has been better to me than I would have expected. It may not be now, but I believe that we will become true, ever-lasting friends.
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[Time is strange in the Heavens, where minutes stretch on and on and a week feels like a month. With their days packed with fulfilling prayers and his spare time spent practicing his shinki abilities and reading as much as he can to catch up with the modern times, it certain doesn't feel like eight days.]
There is no reason to apologize. [And he's firm on this.] I'm...quite honored that you think of me that way in such a short period of time, actually. And I am very touched. I know that I am not the most exciting person to be around.
[A pause. And between them she'll feel the uncertainty beating in his heart, and thrumming subtly along with it, a quiet faint loneliness that he can't understand. But if she has borne witness to his memories, then she would know plenty of his time was spent with those younger than him, and the precious moments where he abandons his strictness to laugh and rough-house with his peers are rare.
Eventually those feelings fade as he tries to shake them off, and he tries to reassure her with a small smile.]
My lady and I both strive for the benefit of the people, and this second life has been better to me than I would have expected. It may not be now, but I believe that we will become true, ever-lasting friends.