I don't know her, but why would she think you'd be like that with her? Living with someone... being around someone... it can't always be happy. It won't always be happy.
[ that's the price of living, of being. ]
Isn't it better if you're with someone knowing the kind of person you can be?
[ they are dead right now. so it's all hypotheticals, but she thinks what he wants for the girl in his memories is a false kind of life. ]
[Quite honestly, he isn't going to explain all his thoughts on the matter to her--partly because she's young, but mostly because it's clear enough to him that she isn't going to agree, or even really understand.
Instead, he shakes his head, clarifying something that he doesn't want Shouxue to misunderstand--]
We're not--together. [He can't say he doesn't love her--especially not when Shouxue walked his memories and lived his feelings. She already knows that much.] She isn't... with me, like that.
AND HELP. This would be so awkward if he didn't have a lifetime of experience correcting people's misconceptions about himself and Rosa, so he just smiles, though it's a tiny bit strained.]
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[ that's the price of living, of being. ]
Isn't it better if you're with someone knowing the kind of person you can be?
[ they are dead right now. so it's all hypotheticals, but she thinks what he wants for the girl in his memories is a false kind of life. ]
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Instead, he shakes his head, clarifying something that he doesn't want Shouxue to misunderstand--]
We're not--together. [He can't say he doesn't love her--especially not when Shouxue walked his memories and lived his feelings. She already knows that much.] She isn't... with me, like that.
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You're not? [ she's surprised. ] Oh.
[ she doesn't know what else to say. ]
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AND HELP. This would be so awkward if he didn't have a lifetime of experience correcting people's misconceptions about himself and Rosa, so he just smiles, though it's a tiny bit strained.]
It's okay.