[ O-oh... His eyes widen quite a bit as he receives the sudden hug, but he does return it. There's the quietest puff of air escaping -- something sheepish and resembling the start of a laugh, if laughs were capable of failing to pick up momentum. It's... disheartened, really.
... This magical being is proving difficult to pretend around. It's a little unnerving, and yet somehow comforting.
After pulling away, he almost shyly twists a strand of bangs before he sends another message. ]
They say hindsight is 20/20. I only learned the real weight of those words after what happened to him.
[ ...his hand is tightening on his device now. ]
He seemed to believe I was a better person than him.
The truth is, though, I'm not a person to admire.
[ ... He's flinching a little after he sends that. Even if it feels true, since a better person would have found a way to get him off of that path. ]
Sorry.
[ Why is he actually apologizing??
WHAT'S HAPPENING. IS THIS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH HIM......... ]
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... This magical being is proving difficult to pretend around. It's a little unnerving, and yet somehow comforting.
After pulling away, he almost shyly twists a strand of bangs before he sends another message. ]
They say hindsight is 20/20. I only learned the real weight of those words after what happened to him.
[ ...his hand is tightening on his device now. ]
He seemed to believe I was a better person than him.
The truth is, though, I'm not a person to admire.
[ ... He's flinching a little after he sends that. Even if it feels true, since a better person would have found a way to get him off of that path. ]
Sorry.
[ Why is he actually apologizing??
WHAT'S HAPPENING. IS THIS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH HIM......... ]