Well...it might mean a few things, really. Likely it's more than one.
[She hums softly, tapping the tips of her fingers together while she basks in the comfort of being snuggled and tries not to let it distract her too much from the task at hand.]
The most straightforward is likely that...well, your fears and your need to control the situation we've found ourselves in, that's being influenced by...something that happened to me in the past. Perhaps...a desire not to see history repeat itself.
[The way she brings it up is roundabout, which is honestly probably as much for her own sake as it is for Dave's, all things considered.]
But in another sense, the question you asked was, "what do we look for, to know we're safe", and — well. You chose me. I'm —
[She hesitates, thinking of his reactions to Dirk and Giorno, how she'd moved to mitigate their tensions, how she'd tried to protect him.]
It's a double-edged sword, I think. You're more afraid than you might've been otherwise because of me...but you think you're stronger than you might've been otherwise because of me, too.
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[She hums softly, tapping the tips of her fingers together while she basks in the comfort of being snuggled and tries not to let it distract her too much from the task at hand.]
The most straightforward is likely that...well, your fears and your need to control the situation we've found ourselves in, that's being influenced by...something that happened to me in the past. Perhaps...a desire not to see history repeat itself.
[The way she brings it up is roundabout, which is honestly probably as much for her own sake as it is for Dave's, all things considered.]
But in another sense, the question you asked was, "what do we look for, to know we're safe", and — well. You chose me. I'm —
[She hesitates, thinking of his reactions to Dirk and Giorno, how she'd moved to mitigate their tensions, how she'd tried to protect him.]
It's a double-edged sword, I think. You're more afraid than you might've been otherwise because of me...but you think you're stronger than you might've been otherwise because of me, too.