[ with a tilt of his head, like he's not following the conversation ]
Mm? Eh?
My apologies, but in what way . . . ah, perhaps I am not understanding it at all? Well, I can certainly say confidently that I have little understanding. Still, this is what it seems like to me.
[ with a pause ]
Is there a reason I should not be happy about this matter, still? I cannot overemphasize, I think, that Whisky-san's burden is lighter now because of this. Though I am not as astute as you are, even I can see it.
More than that -
Isn't that all the more reason to be happy about it? If he had understood this a decade from now, then isn't that another decade of isolation he must first endure? Certainly, if the heart will not open to the truth, there's nothing to be done about it, but the fact that you were able to do this for him in this time - there's value in that, isn't there?
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[ with a tilt of his head, like he's not following the conversation ]
Mm? Eh?
My apologies, but in what way . . . ah, perhaps I am not understanding it at all? Well, I can certainly say confidently that I have little understanding. Still, this is what it seems like to me.
[ with a pause ]
Is there a reason I should not be happy about this matter, still? I cannot overemphasize, I think, that Whisky-san's burden is lighter now because of this. Though I am not as astute as you are, even I can see it.
More than that -
Isn't that all the more reason to be happy about it? If he had understood this a decade from now, then isn't that another decade of isolation he must first endure? Certainly, if the heart will not open to the truth, there's nothing to be done about it, but the fact that you were able to do this for him in this time - there's value in that, isn't there?