Yes. [she does manage to pull a small, but honest smile from that.] You wind up...learning things you didn't expect. Finding those things are just as important as having them, I think.
[after all, nothing is promised to stay. not the future, not even day to day! it's a mindset carefully taught by war and torment, but nurtured by the promise of better things -- especially when things can change so readily in a world like this.
sitting right there and then makes that more obvious to her. and, quietly, she thinks...well, rather hopes that she can see this man find something that does better for him, can get him to see himself something other than baddest of the bad, lowest of the low. mindset changes so much, after all.
she glances at the sleeping bug in Guzma's arms, her expression warming a bit.]
It can be worthwhile for them, too. A new and fascinating world...
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[after all, nothing is promised to stay. not the future, not even day to day! it's a mindset carefully taught by war and torment, but nurtured by the promise of better things -- especially when things can change so readily in a world like this.
sitting right there and then makes that more obvious to her. and, quietly, she thinks...well, rather hopes that she can see this man find something that does better for him, can get him to see himself something other than baddest of the bad, lowest of the low. mindset changes so much, after all.
she glances at the sleeping bug in Guzma's arms, her expression warming a bit.]
It can be worthwhile for them, too. A new and fascinating world...