[ scien makes a soft, affirming noise. she is so right. that guy was such an asshole and scien is glad that he probably died in a ditch somewhere, unknown to the rest of the island.
but otherwise, he listens. it is a combination of statements that he makes to try to get aerith to listen in turn, if only because he's seen the weight that falls upon people who try to take the entire world and everyone's pain upon their shoulders. it is a heavy thing, to have such an open heart that you almost have to check your own trauma at the door. scien isn't like that. scien pays attention so specifically and gives his favor so particularly, that he can at least spare some of it for people who've earned it
so when she confides in him, he thinks of it as a first step. it shouldn't be him, not really, but hopefully soon it will also be someone else. the people who are waiting for aerith's vulnerability, who can give her a hug when she's suffering. but for now, if it feels safer, she can speak her truth to the voice of god coming through a little hole in the basement ]
If it is your truth, it does not matter how it sounds.
.... you can be gentle in breaking the news to him, if you think him so fragile. It does not have to be all at once. However, you've said yourself that you want him to know you. Just as I'm sure that he wants to know everything about you. [ a beat ] That is what devotion is.
To share in your fears, your pains, your hopes, and aspirations. The human experience is made up of all those factors, leaving none behind. If you care so much, you may as well share them.
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but otherwise, he listens. it is a combination of statements that he makes to try to get aerith to listen in turn, if only because he's seen the weight that falls upon people who try to take the entire world and everyone's pain upon their shoulders. it is a heavy thing, to have such an open heart that you almost have to check your own trauma at the door. scien isn't like that. scien pays attention so specifically and gives his favor so particularly, that he can at least spare some of it for people who've earned it
so when she confides in him, he thinks of it as a first step. it shouldn't be him, not really, but hopefully soon it will also be someone else. the people who are waiting for aerith's vulnerability, who can give her a hug when she's suffering. but for now, if it feels safer, she can speak her truth to the voice of god coming through a little hole in the basement ]
If it is your truth, it does not matter how it sounds.
.... you can be gentle in breaking the news to him, if you think him so fragile. It does not have to be all at once. However, you've said yourself that you want him to know you. Just as I'm sure that he wants to know everything about you. [ a beat ] That is what devotion is.
To share in your fears, your pains, your hopes, and aspirations. The human experience is made up of all those factors, leaving none behind. If you care so much, you may as well share them.