[oof. those words sure do hit home in a way that Edmaura is still coming to terms with. he doesn't know how to not care either, does he? that's why he's here in the first place. stuck in Purgatory, chasing after an asshole]
[nevertheless. . . he tries to be encouraging]
That's not a bad thing. It just means you've got a big heart.
[ edamura you are so cute and you deserve better than to be saddled with an overemotional teenager. the encouragement does get a small laugh out of hak, but it's bitter and empty. ]
Not compared some people. Most people, actually. [ he's always been unforgiving and slow to trust. ] I don't like most people. Whenever someone hurts the people I love, I think about hurting them back. That doesn't sound like a very big heart to me.
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It just. . . feels like kicking you while you're down. [. . .] Despite everything, you still. . . care about him. Don't you?
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....I don't know how not to.
[ even though he wanted not to. even though he tried. and now, knowing what he knows? there's no way he could. ]
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[nevertheless. . . he tries to be encouraging]
That's not a bad thing. It just means you've got a big heart.
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Not compared some people. Most people, actually. [ he's always been unforgiving and slow to trust. ] I don't like most people. Whenever someone hurts the people I love, I think about hurting them back. That doesn't sound like a very big heart to me.
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Having a big heart doesn't mean you care about everyone. It just means. . .
[hm. how should he put it. . .? he smiles a little bit as he thinks of his mother, drawing upon her life lessons for what he says next]
. . . that you have the capacity to forgive.
[he's being encouraging about this with Hak, but don't ask him about his own journey to forgiveness. it's rough going]