[ Kazuma's not too far off, really - although there's still a lot that could be clarified. ]
Part of it is like you say. I've made mistakes in the past. Even though they deserve to know the truth about that and about me, I can't tell them all of it yet. Some of that information could be really dangerous, especially to one of the people I care about the most and while we're in a place like this, there would be no way to fix it if something terrible happened because of it.
[ Which probably sounds so strange from the outside, when one isn't aware of all the magic and carefully crafted connections involved. Still... Naminé's not so lacking in self-awareness or so filled with pride as to claim herself to have entirely altruistic motivations. ]
But it is true that I'm afraid of what they might think of me, too. I want to believe that they would forgive me, but I could never blame them if they didn't.
[ As someone who lived a long time without even small kindnesses, Naminé can agree with Kazuma on that first point from the latter part of his message. Her response, though, is mostly taken over by answering the question. ]
He did.
[ She might be slightly surprised by the accuracy of the deduction, but lets it pass in favor of addressing the inquiry. ]
I owe him my life. He saved me more than once, and
[ She pauses, scratches out the last word, then rethinks and takes the eraser to the rest of the sentence, then the two before it. Too late, anyway; Kazuma will have been able to read it if he was watching for it. Instead, ]
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Part of it is like you say.
I've made mistakes in the past. Even though they deserve to know the truth about that and about me, I can't tell them all of it yet.
Some of that information could be really dangerous, especially to one of the people I care about the most
and while we're in a place like this, there would be no way to fix it if something terrible happened because of it.
[ Which probably sounds so strange from the outside, when one isn't aware of all the magic and carefully crafted connections involved. Still... Naminé's not so lacking in self-awareness or so filled with pride as to claim herself to have entirely altruistic motivations. ]
But it is true that I'm afraid of what they might think of me, too.
I want to believe that they would forgive me, but I could never blame them if they didn't.
[ As someone who lived a long time without even small kindnesses, Naminé can agree with Kazuma on that first point from the latter part of his message. Her response, though, is mostly taken over by answering the question. ]
He did.
[ She might be slightly surprised by the accuracy of the deduction, but lets it pass in favor of addressing the inquiry. ]
I owe him my life. He saved me more than once,
and[ She pauses, scratches out the last word, then rethinks and takes the eraser to the rest of the sentence, then the two before it. Too late, anyway; Kazuma will have been able to read it if he was watching for it. Instead, ]
He's done more for me than I can tell you.