[ literally no reason to execute someone who put in a counter. investigating the case enough to see the truth of what happened was enough. ]
...Apologies. It's uncouth for me to complain so much. Especially when Nodd is a friend to me. But I hadn't wanted anyone to resent Shouxue either. [ it's complicated with how people treat all these killers. how they're supposed to think of them—how clearly they are victims, in his eyes. ]
I don't care to receive your apology. [so no, he's not accepting it] If anything, if you didn't complain, I wouldn't trust that you're capable of critical thinking.
Acknowledging the flaws of people, whether you feel friendship toward them or not, is just as important as seeing their strengths.
[ his fins droop a little. it's true and he can't help it anyway, but it does feel a little bad. ]
I want to believe in others! It helps them reach their truest potential, I think! But I suppose... friends would not allow each other to stray off the right path either.
Every individual is made up of both things that make them annoying and things that make them tolerable. [normal people would call these strengths and weaknesses] If you don't comprehend them as a whole, you are judging a person who doesn't exist. Only your false assumption of them.
Isn't it more disrespectful to call someone your friend when you don't take in everything they are?
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he nods, looking grateful. ]
Anyone reasonable would look the other way.
[ literally no reason to execute someone who put in a counter. investigating the case enough to see the truth of what happened was enough. ]
...Apologies. It's uncouth for me to complain so much. Especially when Nodd is a friend to me. But I hadn't wanted anyone to resent Shouxue either. [ it's complicated with how people treat all these killers. how they're supposed to think of them—how clearly they are victims, in his eyes. ]
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but scien just shakes his head.]
I don't care to receive your apology. [so no, he's not accepting it] If anything, if you didn't complain, I wouldn't trust that you're capable of critical thinking.
Acknowledging the flaws of people, whether you feel friendship toward them or not, is just as important as seeing their strengths.
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That's true...
[ his fins droop a little. it's true and he can't help it anyway, but it does feel a little bad. ]
I want to believe in others! It helps them reach their truest potential, I think! But I suppose... friends would not allow each other to stray off the right path either.
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Isn't it more disrespectful to call someone your friend when you don't take in everything they are?
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I can still be friends with Nodd after this. [ it isn't unforgivable, and he's not the type to hold a grudge. ] But he has reflecting to do.
For someone who doesn't sound as though he has many friends, you do seem to understand them.
[ is this........ a compliment ]
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anyway,]
I have Dahut and one other. [two friends for sixty years] If someone has gained my attention, I might as well see them for who they are.
[it's just that actually getting seeing to notice and care is the hurdle here]
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but really, for scien that sounds fine, even if sidon would simply die. ]
I hope you'll be able to make at least one friend here... There's dozens of people!
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[a beat]
... I have. So I suppose that makes four now. A one hundred percent increase, so stop fussing like I'm someone who struggles with loneliness.
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[ he doesn't mean it as an insult... he's just impressed..... ]
Who are they!?
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[he's genuinely surprised]
Masochist and Busybody.
[sidon has to remember scien's stupid insulting nicknames]