She shrugs. ”Seems to me you are a grown ass man who can be who he wants.” And then she leaves it at that. Because it’s not her place to tell him who he should be. He can be the child soldier; there’s nothing wrong with it. Or he can be something else, if he so chooses. That is the point. Choice.
”Hmm, perhaps. I would either be really good or really bad at it though. Are you willing to risk it?” She was rational and logical enough that she might actually be half decent at the job, but at the same time, she was still a girl made of fire. And besides, she probably wasn’t all that neutral. ”That part I can’t help you with though. You have to figure out how to value yourself, in whatever context, on your own.” Be it simply because others value him, or because he finally learns that he is simply worth valuing.
He closes the rest of the distance, and the kiss is chaste. Some part of her knows she is still, likely, just a distraction for him. She knows she should probably care, and yet finds that she doesn’t. Instead, she kisses him back, the sort of kiss that simply enjoys. It isn’t hungry or devouring, merely savoring.
”Hmm, perhaps. I would either be really good or really bad at it though. Are you willing to risk it?” She was rational and logical enough that she might actually be half decent at the job, but at the same time, she was still a girl made of fire. And besides, she probably wasn’t all that neutral. ”That part I can’t help you with though. You have to figure out how to value yourself, in whatever context, on your own.” Be it simply because others value him, or because he finally learns that he is simply worth valuing.
He closes the rest of the distance, and the kiss is chaste. Some part of her knows she is still, likely, just a distraction for him. She knows she should probably care, and yet finds that she doesn’t. Instead, she kisses him back, the sort of kiss that simply enjoys. It isn’t hungry or devouring, merely savoring.
weaver
-- ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies --
Quote by Charles Dickens
