[It falls out of his mouth, pretty much instantaneously, because he just knows. Of course he knows, and he hates it, but that's what makes it all the more important to say it, right? Because he used to just assume that people would know, and then they didn't, and that's why sometimes you have to say it.]
Normally I say something before. So it's not just...no warning.
[The corollary, though, doesn't quite make it out: She was hurting you, I didn't want her hurting you an instant longer than she already had, not if I could do something to stop it.
He casts Polnareff an unusually vulnerable look, just for a second, and then lets his attention slide to his otter as well.]
Just be more careful. The dangling shit looks good.
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[It falls out of his mouth, pretty much instantaneously, because he just knows. Of course he knows, and he hates it, but that's what makes it all the more important to say it, right? Because he used to just assume that people would know, and then they didn't, and that's why sometimes you have to say it.]
Normally I say something before. So it's not just...no warning.
[The corollary, though, doesn't quite make it out: She was hurting you, I didn't want her hurting you an instant longer than she already had, not if I could do something to stop it.
He casts Polnareff an unusually vulnerable look, just for a second, and then lets his attention slide to his otter as well.]
Just be more careful. The dangling shit looks good.