[He stares for a second. Well, he had honestly thought parts two and three were a bigger deal, but evidently someone disagrees.
...Yeah, maybe that makes sense when you actually add it up and then mix Asahi in. Well, so be it. The stare turns into a smile of recognition - especially as she says that in such... mature-seeming tones.
That's really what this is about, isn't it? Well, it's all very complicated, but it comes down to something like that. She barely hesitated at all. She was willing to compromise that. ]
Ah. Well. [Actually, the last time he was at a stage like this was awfully phony and practice-like. Some practice; it leaves him largely unprepared. Still, it's all going to be fine if he keeps his composure, right?
He covers the distance of a few steps between him and the table she's sitting on, joining her by leaning against it.]
Thank you. I'm glad.
[Additional words seem a bit superfluous now. Sure, not everything is settled. Sure, not everything is perfect. But actually, this is a sudden moment of calm, like a still water droplet on a leaf in a rainstorm. And it's with that image that he therefore reaches for her hand, as if to ratify the compact in the simplest way possible.]
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...Yeah, maybe that makes sense when you actually add it up and then mix Asahi in. Well, so be it. The stare turns into a smile of recognition - especially as she says that in such... mature-seeming tones.
That's really what this is about, isn't it? Well, it's all very complicated, but it comes down to something like that. She barely hesitated at all. She was willing to compromise that. ]
Ah. Well. [Actually, the last time he was at a stage like this was awfully phony and practice-like. Some practice; it leaves him largely unprepared. Still, it's all going to be fine if he keeps his composure, right?
He covers the distance of a few steps between him and the table she's sitting on, joining her by leaning against it.]
Thank you. I'm glad.
[Additional words seem a bit superfluous now. Sure, not everything is settled. Sure, not everything is perfect. But actually, this is a sudden moment of calm, like a still water droplet on a leaf in a rainstorm. And it's with that image that he therefore reaches for her hand, as if to ratify the compact in the simplest way possible.]