[ The response was gentle, and yet it held a firmness underneath. It was an attempt at reassurance, surely. ]
You didn't know what you were getting into. [ There was always a risk in the decision to go out of the city at all, of course, but that didn't, to her, assign any blame. ] Even if you had - you were trying to help. I could never be upset with you for that.
[ No apologies necessary. ]
And I'm glad that you told me about everything that's been going on. That's what I'm here for... right? So-- if you still feel worried later, you can talk to me then, too. Any time you need to.
[ Whether or not that would be any help she was not so bold as to assume, but that didn't stop her from offering. ]
No, you're right. We didn't do anything wrong. I just don't like being trouble, even if it's not my usual kind. Haha... I guess... for once I got into a mess by doing the right thing, right? hehe... wow. Irony, that.
I'm going to talk to them. See if maybe I can figure out what's going on.
[And later, she could tell her that she'd be able to protect her even better thanks to her blood.]
[ Her voice had a tired sort of surety, and it sounded as though she was wearing a weak, wry smile as she spoke. Firsthand, secondhand - she had experience with both when it came to finding trouble. ]
Chances are if you keep doing the right thing, it'll keep happening. But it's worth it, in the end.
[ Mostly. Hopefully. In any case, ]
Alright. Then I guess-- for now, all that I can do is wish you luck.
[ Even thought it felt like that was not enough. ]
no subject
[ The response was gentle, and yet it held a firmness underneath. It was an attempt at reassurance, surely. ]
You didn't know what you were getting into. [ There was always a risk in the decision to go out of the city at all, of course, but that didn't, to her, assign any blame. ] Even if you had - you were trying to help. I could never be upset with you for that.
[ No apologies necessary. ]
And I'm glad that you told me about everything that's been going on. That's what I'm here for... right? So-- if you still feel worried later, you can talk to me then, too. Any time you need to.
[ Whether or not that would be any help she was not so bold as to assume, but that didn't stop her from offering. ]
no subject
I'm going to talk to them. See if maybe I can figure out what's going on.
[And later, she could tell her that she'd be able to protect her even better thanks to her blood.]
no subject
[ Her voice had a tired sort of surety, and it sounded as though she was wearing a weak, wry smile as she spoke. Firsthand, secondhand - she had experience with both when it came to finding trouble. ]
Chances are if you keep doing the right thing, it'll keep happening. But it's worth it, in the end.
[ Mostly. Hopefully. In any case, ]
Alright. Then I guess-- for now, all that I can do is wish you luck.
[ Even thought it felt like that was not enough. ]
no subject
You're rubbing off on me, Naminé. Heh. You're going to make a hero out of me yet...
I'll let you know, ok? What they said.
no subject
You don't need me for that. You've been trying to make things right since before we met.
[ Or so she'd heard in a story or two, anyway, regardless of where Terezi might have fit into the scale of morality before then. ]
Okay. [ There was a gentle firmness in her voice, a silent attempt to be encouraging. ] I'll be waiting to hear about it.