That's right. [He almost moves to take another long drink of the milkshake... but opts for some of the water instead.]
She's always looking out for me. Even back home, it seemed like I was always getting into trouble. Luceti isn't all that different. I don't take very good care of myself sometimes, and I know she probably worries about me more than she lets on. The last thing I want is to make things worse for her. For her to blame herself for something that isn't her fault, when she already--
[He cuts himself off abruptly.]
[Was that something he really had a right to talk about? Certainly, as it was something that had happened to him and had yet to happen to her, but... it was Anise's future. A future she doesn't know about yet. Yet.]
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She's always looking out for me. Even back home, it seemed like I was always getting into trouble. Luceti isn't all that different. I don't take very good care of myself sometimes, and I know she probably worries about me more than she lets on. The last thing I want is to make things worse for her. For her to blame herself for something that isn't her fault, when she already--
[He cuts himself off abruptly.]
[Was that something he really had a right to talk about? Certainly, as it was something that had happened to him and had yet to happen to her, but... it was Anise's future. A future she doesn't know about yet. Yet.]