[Even if she's not looking, she'll be able to hear his breath catch audibly at those words. That...wasn't the reaction he was expecting in the slightest. He'd envisioned anger, or disappointment....
Certainly not gratitude. Not admiration.
By now the tears have finally escaped to roll silently down his cheeks, but he manages to bite back his emotions before he can properly begin to cry. He just....doesn't understand.
Why. Why would....you admire him? What...has he done that's admirable?
He's quiet for a while, sniffing as he once again struggles to calm himself down. He can feel his Pokemon companion licking his face again, this time working to clean the tears away, whining now with concern.]
I...I see.
[That's not quite...what he wanted to say, there, but nothing else would come out.]
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Certainly not gratitude. Not admiration.
By now the tears have finally escaped to roll silently down his cheeks, but he manages to bite back his emotions before he can properly begin to cry. He just....doesn't understand.
Why. Why would....you admire him? What...has he done that's admirable?
He's quiet for a while, sniffing as he once again struggles to calm himself down. He can feel his Pokemon companion licking his face again, this time working to clean the tears away, whining now with concern.]
I...I see.
[That's not quite...what he wanted to say, there, but nothing else would come out.]