So young. Wait 'til she found out when he'd become a soldier.
Why am I so different?
He hadn't wondered that. He hadn't articulated thoughts about it. He hadn't had to. It just was.
Different. What was different. "You're intelligent. You're strong. You're beautiful. You're capable. You keep your own mind. You show care and mutual attraction to me. All my senses react to you. We can speak and not speak together longer than I can stand myself. But… different…" To varying degrees, so was and so had Xilo, Farir, d'Djiera.
Different?
"…I recognized you," he said at last. "And felt like you recognized me."
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Date: 2019-08-31 04:56 am (UTC)Why am I so different?
He hadn't wondered that. He hadn't articulated thoughts about it. He hadn't had to. It just was.
Different. What was different. "You're intelligent. You're strong. You're beautiful. You're capable. You keep your own mind. You show care and mutual attraction to me. All my senses react to you. We can speak and not speak together longer than I can stand myself. But… different…" To varying degrees, so was and so had Xilo, Farir, d'Djiera.
Different?
"…I recognized you," he said at last. "And felt like you recognized me."