[Nott's smile starts to turn a little sad, and she looks away from Caleb again, down to her lap, fiddling with the bandages on her fingers.]
It's just that, you know, you are pretty hard on yourself. I know you're shy, so it's sometimes difficult for you to reach out to people, and... I don't want you avoiding people because you don't see yourself as...
[She sighs through her nose, biting her tongue. She doesn't know how to describe what she's worried about with him.]
I just want you to be able to spend time with people you like. That's all. You deserve that.
[Because... she knows how single-minded he can sometimes be. How easily he can shut others out. Even she has been pushed away for the sake of his goals before, but...
All that has gotten a little bit harder for him since the Soltryce Academy and everything else in the world was lost. And maybe she's feeding the habit by sharing the information on time magic she's learned, but she wants him to achieve his goals. But despite that, she doesn't want him to forget to be a person along the way.]
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[Nott's smile starts to turn a little sad, and she looks away from Caleb again, down to her lap, fiddling with the bandages on her fingers.]
It's just that, you know, you are pretty hard on yourself. I know you're shy, so it's sometimes difficult for you to reach out to people, and... I don't want you avoiding people because you don't see yourself as...
[She sighs through her nose, biting her tongue. She doesn't know how to describe what she's worried about with him.]
I just want you to be able to spend time with people you like. That's all. You deserve that.
[Because... she knows how single-minded he can sometimes be. How easily he can shut others out. Even she has been pushed away for the sake of his goals before, but...
All that has gotten a little bit harder for him since the Soltryce Academy and everything else in the world was lost. And maybe she's feeding the habit by sharing the information on time magic she's learned, but she wants him to achieve his goals. But despite that, she doesn't want him to forget to be a person along the way.]