[Oof. For once, her expression is very, very difficult to read. You are telling this to a girl who trusted the kid that just stabbed somebody with three scalpels.]
To trust someone is a risk I'm willing to take.
I'd rather do what I can to learn what's important to someone, and to believe in what they say, than to make assumptions and assume everyone out in the world is against me. That might mean I get hurt, if someone lies or uses me, but...
I have to make that choice. And just cause I choose to trust someone doesn't mean I wanna do it blindly.
[Not anymore.
...
A beat, as she ponders a choice.]
...
My leader is Goat-san. [And she'll raise both her hands before he goes nuts on her:] It's okay. We can talk about it if we do it very rarely. I asked right away.
(Claude is just... going to stare at her. Here they were having a moment and now he's just going to look out into the void wondering what in the world is happening)
I know I've been talking a lot about trust and all that but for some reason, having it turned on me like this is...
(Out of his control! Completely unexpected! And yet, he should have seen this coming eventually.
HE SIGHS,)
Sorry, I'm not going to tell you my team but I will say I'm not on yours. (So that's? A hint?) There's no reason for you to know right now but if the time ever comes... I'd like to tell you, too.
But I do trust you and at least, with this, I have no reason to not trust Goat.
It's okay. I... know better than to force something out that someone doesn't wanna give. [haha... pained expression aside]
All I can do is what I feel is right. And if it helps you, then I don't want to have to hide what Goat-san said. I trust Goat-san, and I feel we're fighting for similar things, but... you said you'd only trust them for now. I hope we can believe in them a little more than that, but you deserve time to make that choice for yourself.
...
You said you'd never been a brother before, right?
[There's a warm burst to her expression, one that seems to, at least momentarily, drown out what weighs on her with the simple happiness of not being alone.]
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To trust someone is a risk I'm willing to take.
I'd rather do what I can to learn what's important to someone, and to believe in what they say, than to make assumptions and assume everyone out in the world is against me. That might mean I get hurt, if someone lies or uses me, but...
I have to make that choice. And just cause I choose to trust someone doesn't mean I wanna do it blindly.
[Not anymore.
...
A beat, as she ponders a choice.]
...
My leader is Goat-san. [And she'll raise both her hands before he goes nuts on her:] It's okay. We can talk about it if we do it very rarely. I asked right away.
Don't tell unless you think it's important. Okay?
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(Hikaru what the actual fuck)
(Claude is just... going to stare at her. Here they were having a moment and now he's just going to look out into the void wondering what in the world is happening)
Hikaru. (Please.) Why are you telling me this?
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[Simply said, no hesitation.]
And so you can decide if you want to trust what my leader said or not.
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(Out of his control! Completely unexpected! And yet, he should have seen this coming eventually.
HE SIGHS,)
Sorry, I'm not going to tell you my team but I will say I'm not on yours. (So that's? A hint?) There's no reason for you to know right now but if the time ever comes... I'd like to tell you, too.
But I do trust you and at least, with this, I have no reason to not trust Goat.
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All I can do is what I feel is right. And if it helps you, then I don't want to have to hide what Goat-san said. I trust Goat-san, and I feel we're fighting for similar things, but... you said you'd only trust them for now. I hope we can believe in them a little more than that, but you deserve time to make that choice for yourself.
...
You said you'd never been a brother before, right?
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(A quiet smile,)
That's right. I'm an only child.
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Umi-chan and Fuu-chan, they're kind of like my sisters, but... I... think it might be nice, to have a brother, too.
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(Ah, this feels wrong. He's sorry. Whoever they are, he's so sorry.)
I'll do my best, Hikaru.
(He'll look out for her. He promises.)
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I'll do my best for you, too... Onii-chan.