It's understandable... Honestly, in your shoes I'd probably feel the same way.
[ She gave him a weak smile when he squeezed her arm. She was getting more and more tired— Thank god they were nearly at the hotel. But she didn't want him to feel bad or feel as if it was irrational. She was like that too, after all. She'd mentioned it briefly earlier— ]
Remember Lestari? I got absorbed in a video game when we visited... I got released pretty quickly and all, of course. But it's been enough to trigger all kind of awful emotions and memories.
[ They were just human. They couldn't help but be that way. Well, she wasn't exactly human, but she'd been created to feel and think like a human, and had always believed herself to be one. Now, she even had a human body. The only thing that was a bit AI-like about her was her ability to speak a dozen languages, and that was just because the game had been programmed with them.
She had to wonder... Was he familiar with the duck people who were in Avalon? But maybe since ducks were so fundamentally different from "beasts" it didn't trigger anything. ]
We aren't responsible for the emotions we feel. [She looked down. Her weight was probably getting more noticeable the more tired she got.] I don't know a lot about that Lostbelt thing and those Yaga... But I know that sounds like a pretty traumatizing experience to go through. So don't feel ashamed of how you feel.
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[ She gave him a weak smile when he squeezed her arm. She was getting more and more tired— Thank god they were nearly at the hotel. But she didn't want him to feel bad or feel as if it was irrational. She was like that too, after all. She'd mentioned it briefly earlier— ]
Remember Lestari? I got absorbed in a video game when we visited... I got released pretty quickly and all, of course. But it's been enough to trigger all kind of awful emotions and memories.
[ They were just human. They couldn't help but be that way. Well, she wasn't exactly human, but she'd been created to feel and think like a human, and had always believed herself to be one. Now, she even had a human body. The only thing that was a bit AI-like about her was her ability to speak a dozen languages, and that was just because the game had been programmed with them.
She had to wonder... Was he familiar with the duck people who were in Avalon? But maybe since ducks were so fundamentally different from "beasts" it didn't trigger anything. ]
We aren't responsible for the emotions we feel. [She looked down. Her weight was probably getting more noticeable the more tired she got.] I don't know a lot about that Lostbelt thing and those Yaga... But I know that sounds like a pretty traumatizing experience to go through. So don't feel ashamed of how you feel.