[ Self-discovery? Focusing on herself? Hadn't she done enough of that in her adolescent years, at school? Discovering that she had no talent for sorcery, for starters, and...
...No, that's not quite what Winter means, and she knows it. What he speaks of is an undertaking that she has felt dwelling on the horizon ever since she left the inn. To search for the pieces of herself that have been neglected or abandoned entirely ever since she took over... And new pieces of herself, too. ]
Is that...
[ ...alright? To even go on such a journey? She has been wondering... But the word dies on her lips. This is a question with an answer that shouldn't come from anyone else, she realizes now. It has to come from herself. ]
... Hah, I... [ Her starry gaze falls again to their joined hands, veiled beneath her lashes. ] It's a fine suggestion, Winter. Thank you. I can scarcely believe I came here to talk to you about this whole espresso business, and now this...
[ Sumina needs to learn there is more to her than the things she does for the inn and the things she cannot do for her family. People are complex, crystalline puzzles full of shifting light. Three dimensional and gorgeous, fragile and strong.
It's his hope that she learns to see that light in herself, and can come to know and appreciate every hue, every facet. ]
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...No, that's not quite what Winter means, and she knows it. What he speaks of is an undertaking that she has felt dwelling on the horizon ever since she left the inn. To search for the pieces of herself that have been neglected or abandoned entirely ever since she took over... And new pieces of herself, too. ]
Is that...
[ ...alright? To even go on such a journey? She has been wondering... But the word dies on her lips. This is a question with an answer that shouldn't come from anyone else, she realizes now. It has to come from herself. ]
... Hah, I... [ Her starry gaze falls again to their joined hands, veiled beneath her lashes. ] It's a fine suggestion, Winter. Thank you. I can scarcely believe I came here to talk to you about this whole espresso business, and now this...
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It's his hope that she learns to see that light in herself, and can come to know and appreciate every hue, every facet. ]
I do have a way of surprising people.
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You most certainly do.
[ A beat. ]
Though next time I'd love to be surprised by something other than a botched theft, too, hm?
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You have my word that they'll all be successful thefts from here on out.