Sometimes there ain't really "good" choices, or ones that don't hurt you somehow. But I don't think it's on you at all for doin' what was asked, and I do get why you got asked not to tell him. I think you did right by what you knew and what you were told.
[ there's no way to make this better. not with someone dead, even if they're still around. ]
What you can do now is...be there, I guess. It helps, you know? To have someone there.
[ She nods. There's nothing she disagrees with. She knows in her head all the fault can't lie with her, but her heart doesn't hold onto that concept as hard. ]
Thanks, Dave. [ She breathes out. It's not relief, but it is a sense of release, something akin to uplifting. All she needed was to hear someone say that she did her best with what she was given. ] At least being there is one of the things I'm good at? [ She laughs a little. ] If that's what it takes to help anyone, I'll be around as much as I'm needed.
I'm pretty sure it's basically a superpower. Especially when people can get so caught up in their own shit, you know? What they remember or don't can catch them and not let 'em go.
You think so? Is a better power than being sunshine? [ She pulls away and waves a hand, dismissing her own joke. ] I think it helps me that none of my memories are that world changing. It's easier to try to look after people that way.
[ If being normal can help ground people getting lost in their memories and the changes that come with them, she doesn't mind it. ]
At first, I did. I don't need to... see everything everyone else does, but it can be hard to relate sometimes? To... know what to say. [ It also gets a little lonely. ]
I thought it would be easier to help if I were more like everyone else, but... I think we can all help one way or another, no matter what our memories are like. It's about what we can do now, with what we know now, not about what we did once upon a time. That once upon a time should help us be who we are now.
[ That's what she's trying to think, what she's trying to believe. She doesn't want to reject their reality (both realities). It's the way she thinks will bring the most comfort, if not the most happiness. ]
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[ there's no way to make this better. not with someone dead, even if they're still around. ]
What you can do now is...be there, I guess. It helps, you know? To have someone there.
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Thanks, Dave. [ She breathes out. It's not relief, but it is a sense of release, something akin to uplifting. All she needed was to hear someone say that she did her best with what she was given. ] At least being there is one of the things I'm good at? [ She laughs a little. ] If that's what it takes to help anyone, I'll be around as much as I'm needed.
[ It's the least she can do. ]
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[ If being normal can help ground people getting lost in their memories and the changes that come with them, she doesn't mind it. ]
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I thought it would be easier to help if I were more like everyone else, but... I think we can all help one way or another, no matter what our memories are like. It's about what we can do now, with what we know now, not about what we did once upon a time. That once upon a time should help us be who we are now.
[ That's what she's trying to think, what she's trying to believe. She doesn't want to reject their reality (both realities). It's the way she thinks will bring the most comfort, if not the most happiness. ]
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Is that your professional opinion?
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I love you, Dave. 1000% percent.
[ Yeah, one thousand. ]
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dave is sappy ]
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Chiyo looks like she could cry, but she won't. She's just so happy to have Dave as a friend. ]
I feel like I could fight the whole world for you right now.
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