but if she doesn't have anything else to immediately talk about, lili will start to pluck at the strings again. she's at least gotten a good day of practice in, which means that it's - pretty good, actually. she manages to get through a song, only slowing the tempo once or twice as she tried to remember the next part but
if you don't know the song, it's probably a little harder to notice]
[it's incredibly disappointing but she's been practicing too much for this, it's horrible. but regardless lili just looks a little pleasantly surprised at that]
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[GIVE HER A SECOND, SHE'S STILL TRYING TO RETALIATE.]
... I want to be a good person - but I'm still making up for a lot of mistakes....
I just don't want anyone else to get hurt. That's basic, isn't it?
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[ considering the conversation they just had about akane. ]
You're a good person. It's okay to accept that.
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I - I don't remember asking for your opinion...!!
[UGH]
.... a lot of people here are more tolerable than I expected, you know? It's...
[ . . . ]
Yeah, there are jerks out there and unforgivably cruel people, but... I've been surprised a lot. In not horrible ways too.
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I hope more people continue to surprise you in that way. It's nice, to be able to like people.
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[she'll place her hand on the koto again before looking back up at naminé]
Was that all that you wanted - or do you want to sit?
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[ she'll be happy to hang out. ]
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[and she'll scoot over the bench she brought out so that there's room for naminé]
So be honest.
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[ she sits down next to her. ]
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but if she doesn't have anything else to immediately talk about, lili will start to pluck at the strings again. she's at least gotten a good day of practice in, which means that it's - pretty good, actually. she manages to get through a song, only slowing the tempo once or twice as she tried to remember the next part but
if you don't know the song, it's probably a little harder to notice]
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alas, instead she just looks delighted. ]
It sounds really nice.
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Yeah? Promise you're not just being nice?
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[ she sounds too sincere about this ]
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I just wanted to be sure...
... thank you, then.
[sometimes she remembers to be polite]
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... ]
Could you teach me? When you get more practice in?
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lili pauses at that]
You want to learn...? [ . . . ] Sure, I can do that.
You seem like the type of person who would be good at it.
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It's something that ladies of nobility are expected to be able to do. This, dance, flower arrangement...
[and naminé seems very much like a gentle and well-behaved young lady, who just so happens to have a way of life that lili agrees with?
so that's what she means that she thinks naminé would be good at it]
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Well, if you're doing it for fun instead of because someone told you to, it's better, right?
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I think that goes for everything, doesn't it?
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[ she's Tired ]
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What the hell have you been through?
[this coming from lili is kind of funny]
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