Cocoa, huh? Sounds like someone's partial. Or maybe it's just the person bringing the cocoa.
[She's teasing him. Really. She is. It's just a joke, though she... Well. Rinoa admits at least to herself that maybe she's a little curious over the truth in the statement. Truth is, they probably wouldn't care what she brought. Only that it's her at all. She could believe that.
It's as she mulling over the concept of kids and adults that she's reminded of a very similar conversation she's had with Squall. Not too long ago either. It seems like it's one more thing they have in common with one another. But neither he nor Seifer are particularly wrong. If adults could have handled things, could have fixed things, there wouldn't have been a need to create gardens to raise children up into mercenaries. It's almost cruel when she thinks about it. Sure, it'd be easy to pass it off as simply a means of 'that's the way the world works,' but that's irresponsible.
As such, she doesn't offer him any kind of counterargument, as much as she wishes she could. Squall is a surprisingly easier topic. Maybe. Or maybe he just doesn't disappoint her so much.]
Tense is a good word for him. I think... like you, he's just finally having this opportunity to discover himself. Both of you were just restrained to your roles for so long. You never had an opportunity to really live or to learn. And now you both have that chance.
[Too many years too late, perhaps.]
You both just need some time, you know? You're trying to make up for a lot of lost time. So don't force it. Just... let things fall as they will. If something breaks, we clean it up and do our best to put it back together. A crack doesn't make something ugly. It just makes it more beautiful.
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[She's teasing him. Really. She is. It's just a joke, though she... Well. Rinoa admits at least to herself that maybe she's a little curious over the truth in the statement. Truth is, they probably wouldn't care what she brought. Only that it's her at all. She could believe that.
It's as she mulling over the concept of kids and adults that she's reminded of a very similar conversation she's had with Squall. Not too long ago either. It seems like it's one more thing they have in common with one another. But neither he nor Seifer are particularly wrong. If adults could have handled things, could have fixed things, there wouldn't have been a need to create gardens to raise children up into mercenaries. It's almost cruel when she thinks about it. Sure, it'd be easy to pass it off as simply a means of 'that's the way the world works,' but that's irresponsible.
As such, she doesn't offer him any kind of counterargument, as much as she wishes she could. Squall is a surprisingly easier topic. Maybe. Or maybe he just doesn't disappoint her so much.]
Tense is a good word for him. I think... like you, he's just finally having this opportunity to discover himself. Both of you were just restrained to your roles for so long. You never had an opportunity to really live or to learn. And now you both have that chance.
[Too many years too late, perhaps.]
You both just need some time, you know? You're trying to make up for a lot of lost time. So don't force it. Just... let things fall as they will. If something breaks, we clean it up and do our best to put it back together. A crack doesn't make something ugly. It just makes it more beautiful.
[...She's such an odd duck.]