[ Hearing him say that, Naminé suddenly becomes aware of a cold feeling in her chest - a sort of retroactive dread. If he didn't believe he would learn before... then in the context of what she learned about his past and potential future in the aftermath of the battle against the Story Eater, it's not too hard to fill in the blanks.
Curling a hand against her ribs, Naminé has to bite back quite a few fretful words before finding some that are less likely to sound like scolding. ]
It must be, if you didn't think so before.
[ Her voice is more melancholy than she'd like for it to be; she takes a breath to regroup, though her arms still stay close to her body, as if she can physically hold in her worry and press it back down somewhere. ]
Perhaps we can help each other. If I learn something new, or you do, we could always share it.
[ It might not be anything like a proper upbringing, but she doesn't know what else to offer, what else might provide any sort of comfort without addressing the elephant in the room. ]
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Curling a hand against her ribs, Naminé has to bite back quite a few fretful words before finding some that are less likely to sound like scolding. ]
It must be, if you didn't think so before.
[ Her voice is more melancholy than she'd like for it to be; she takes a breath to regroup, though her arms still stay close to her body, as if she can physically hold in her worry and press it back down somewhere. ]
Perhaps we can help each other. If I learn something new, or you do, we could always share it.
[ It might not be anything like a proper upbringing, but she doesn't know what else to offer, what else might provide any sort of comfort without addressing the elephant in the room. ]