[Aaand he’s made her cry again. Someone else might be bothered by that enough to backpedal—but Ginko only persists. Gently--]
That’s ...a lot for one person to do.
Those concerns are all very real, and you keep saying “someone needs to”—but do you have to be that someone every time? It seems to me like what you can do is very different than what you think you should do. Your body is trying to tell you that it’s reached it’s limit, Katara—and I understand the human body well enough to tell you that with confidence.
You're so strong to have come this far, and I admire you for it—but everyone needs a little help sometimes.
[Someone else would probably try to hug her, too. But physical affection is still a foreign language to him, so he puts all of his warmth into his words.]
And you can shout at me, and tell me it isn’t any of my business—but if you really want to be strong and take care of you friends, you need to start by taking care of yourself.
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That’s ...a lot for one person to do.
Those concerns are all very real, and you keep saying “someone needs to”—but do you have to be that someone every time? It seems to me like what you can do is very different than what you think you should do. Your body is trying to tell you that it’s reached it’s limit, Katara—and I understand the human body well enough to tell you that with confidence.
You're so strong to have come this far, and I admire you for it—but everyone needs a little help sometimes.
[Someone else would probably try to hug her, too. But physical affection is still a foreign language to him, so he puts all of his warmth into his words.]
And you can shout at me, and tell me it isn’t any of my business—but if you really want to be strong and take care of you friends, you need to start by taking care of yourself.