[For a moment Maya can only watch, eyes softening with concern. Tetsuo is scared, it's so obvious-- it's all over him, and she has no idea what else to do. Like a tiger caught in a cage, Tetsuo seems so small and meek.
He is not the same boy she met at the arcade, who had frightened her, who had made her worry for the civilians nearby.
She walks over toward him, footsteps light as a cat's, and stops at the bed, kneeling on the floor before it. Close enough without getting too close, giving him that entire bed as a way away from her-- and no longer blocking his way out.]
Tetsuo.
[Maybe there is something she can do.
She puts on a calm, sweet voice, and remembering all Kaneda has told her about Neo Tokyo, she addresses Tetsuo in Japanese..]
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He is not the same boy she met at the arcade, who had frightened her, who had made her worry for the civilians nearby.
She walks over toward him, footsteps light as a cat's, and stops at the bed, kneeling on the floor before it. Close enough without getting too close, giving him that entire bed as a way away from her-- and no longer blocking his way out.]
Tetsuo.
[Maybe there is something she can do.
She puts on a calm, sweet voice, and remembering all Kaneda has told her about Neo Tokyo, she addresses Tetsuo in Japanese..]
I know you're scared, but I'm here.
Will you let me keep you company?