He might be deliberately vague. That's fine, she's more than willing to fill in the blanks herself. It's a bad habit of hers, leading to assumptions aplenty and searing heartbreak thereafter. For now she invents benign things: he's not the only one of his kind, but he's being squirrelish because it's a secret he has to protect. That she's being trusted to protect it herself.
To think, he would grant a worm like her with such a privilege! And moreover?]
Oh. [She looks bashful suddenly. Even gives a little titter.] F-funny you should say that. My world's been destroyed, too.
[How adorable. She's blushing coyly, pulling helplessly at a loose strand of hair. It's as if he'd read her a sonnet.]
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He might be deliberately vague. That's fine, she's more than willing to fill in the blanks herself. It's a bad habit of hers, leading to assumptions aplenty and searing heartbreak thereafter. For now she invents benign things: he's not the only one of his kind, but he's being squirrelish because it's a secret he has to protect. That she's being trusted to protect it herself.
To think, he would grant a worm like her with such a privilege! And moreover?]
Oh. [She looks bashful suddenly. Even gives a little titter.] F-funny you should say that. My world's been destroyed, too.
[How adorable. She's blushing coyly, pulling helplessly at a loose strand of hair. It's as if he'd read her a sonnet.]
I g-guess we have something in common after all.