[that goes a little above her head. she knows cycles, but more the cycle where your mom teaches you to be obedient and polite no matter the situation, even if she's trying to kill you, because that's what her mom taught her. nothing to do with any of that.]
it's probably a different quality of sadness; she can empathize with that feeling, but she can't empathize with the feeling of being an adult and seeing a child suffering. but she does know what it feels like, to be experiencing something horrible and hoping an adult will help you and finding out there's no one. she thinks gerard must know that feeling, too.]
[ he does, though maybe he hasn't explained in detail the trials and tribulations of the lake by the castle, but it's also probably not too difficult to connect the dots. he had told her about his parents, a little bit. ]
I don't know. The last group said theirs was based on someone's memories. So ...
[ sure. can emotions be as precise as "feeling guilty for accidentally shutting a kid's dead body in the trunk of a car and then driving that car into a lake on a whoopsie" ]
[she doesn't know if she's supposed to; it's a bit different to accept a hug from him when she needs comfort. it feels presumptuous to think that he wants her to do the same.
[ somehow i completely missed your second line there and thought you were just saying she didn't want to!!
well he will hug her back, a bit awkwardly and also unfortunately he still has a lot of gross egg and blood on him so he's out here ruining ANOTHER set of her nice new clothes but it's okay
patting her on the back as if she's the one being comforted. ]
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And it made you think about your mom and dad?
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... The, um, father had hurt his child. We felt the emotions the boy had felt, waiting in the dark. Hoping someone would come for him.
[ the emotion is regret maybe a little, at telling her about this. ]
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it's probably a different quality of sadness; she can empathize with that feeling, but she can't empathize with the feeling of being an adult and seeing a child suffering. but she does know what it feels like, to be experiencing something horrible and hoping an adult will help you and finding out there's no one. she thinks gerard must know that feeling, too.]
...That's pretty bad. Do you think it was real?
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I don't know. The last group said theirs was based on someone's memories. So ...
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So whose memories could these be...?
[did you kill kiichi's mom and dad...]
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I haven't asked anyone yet. It seems a difficult topic to broach.
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...Yeah. Hey, we killed your mom and dad with a car. Have you ever been alone in the dark wishing to be saved? That's a rough conversation starter.
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I ah--
[ hrm. the sadness is back. extreme reluctance to continue, but. ]
The boy was already gone, by the time we found him. So I don't know that it is directly ...
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she pats gerard.]
Well, maybe not that.
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Maybe not.
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...Is there anything I can do?
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It will be alright.
[ oh, he looks over at the little egg on the table. ]
I took that with me. I don't know if it does anything.
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but after a moment of hesitation, she will.]
...Egg.
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[ the emotion is egg. ]
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well he will hug her back, a bit awkwardly and also unfortunately he still has a lot of gross egg and blood on him so he's out here ruining ANOTHER set of her nice new clothes but it's okay
patting her on the back as if she's the one being comforted. ]
It'll be alright.
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she will allow him to comfort her because maybe that's comforting.]
Okay.