[To many and even to herself, it may just be a touch. Yet she has to wonder how many times that too, has occurred between them. She has never been shy about being close to others. Hugging. Comforting. Nurturing. That is just the way she is. She is a woman who loves all too freely, all too easily, with a degree of care that easily could go unrivalled.
He agrees to keep it and she looks pleased. It would be a shame to take it back, she thinks, burning with a memory she hasn't quite figured out just yet.]
Well, I already considered you a friend here, so I don't feel like that's much of a stretch, Balthie.
[Leaning onto an elbow, she poises her chin in the palm of her hand.]
Just because I'm scolding you for doing something I don't agree with doesn't mean you're not my friend. Friends don't have to agree. They just have to try to understand one another. You might not be very good at that, but you're getting there. I'm willing to bet you probably make some exceptions for people you really care about.
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He agrees to keep it and she looks pleased. It would be a shame to take it back, she thinks, burning with a memory she hasn't quite figured out just yet.]
Well, I already considered you a friend here, so I don't feel like that's much of a stretch, Balthie.
[Leaning onto an elbow, she poises her chin in the palm of her hand.]
Just because I'm scolding you for doing something I don't agree with doesn't mean you're not my friend. Friends don't have to agree. They just have to try to understand one another. You might not be very good at that, but you're getting there. I'm willing to bet you probably make some exceptions for people you really care about.