the way her eyes widen says enough how surprising the question is, how that being asked cut through everything almost surgically. but it's straightforward, and the answer is as well. even if it's as vulnerable as exposed flesh facing down a knife, she knows the whole, utter truth of it, and no trace of a lie is in any part of her. not her expression, not her body, not her tone. everything is point blank honesty.]
Yes, I do. I love him.
[how odd it is to say it aloud to someone who's not Goro. but she has no other word for it. when she'd die for him, kill for him, but most importantly live for and with him. that is love, salvaged from the pieces of one world and brought to the next.]
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the way her eyes widen says enough how surprising the question is, how that being asked cut through everything almost surgically. but it's straightforward, and the answer is as well. even if it's as vulnerable as exposed flesh facing down a knife, she knows the whole, utter truth of it, and no trace of a lie is in any part of her. not her expression, not her body, not her tone. everything is point blank honesty.]
Yes, I do. I love him.
[how odd it is to say it aloud to someone who's not Goro. but she has no other word for it. when she'd die for him, kill for him, but most importantly live for and with him. that is love, salvaged from the pieces of one world and brought to the next.]