[There's a good chance none of them is okay about it. Sieghart, on his end, just processed everything as soon as it was over (and internalized only his rage at the cruelty forced onto his young companions, though that's neither here nor there).]
[Well, no. He would've lunged at anyone in the same predicament, but he definitely wouldn't have said the things he did, and he perhaps might've done it a little differently. Therefore, it is not the same.]
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What I said?
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[he'd said so before, of course, but to have it reiterated at that kind of moment--
that was something different.]
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[He peers up at her. Since he merely reiterated himself, he didn't think it would leave that sort of an impression.]
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[after everything that happened there, especially. for him to keep her close, too-- it helped.]
It was the right gesture to make.
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[He sits up.]
It was Lila who brought you back, though.
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It was nice to see you taking a little more initiative, too.
[holding her like that when he usually won't initiate to hold a hand...]
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[It takes him a moment.]
Are you talking about when I . . . ?
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Th-that was . . . The circumstances were unusual!
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[Obviously, she isn't saying that she disliked it. But the opposite of dislike is—well. He clears his throat.]
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[she knows it was unintentional, but-- still. it was a meaningful gesture that he made.]
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. . . At least it was you . . .
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Would it have bothered you if it were someone else?
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[Well, no. He would've lunged at anyone in the same predicament, but he definitely wouldn't have said the things he did, and he perhaps might've done it a little differently. Therefore, it is not the same.]
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[coming from him, on this sort of subject-- yeah. it is.]