[ She watches Rosella for a bit once more when she mentions her understanding and how she'll try to understand Cain even if she can't right now-- she would be willing to correct her about not knowing about their game, seeing as a lot of their interactions were out on the network to see, and it didn't quite take a genius to figure out the kind of interaction they were having. However, what she's aiming to request of her has nothing to do with that-- more than that, it's asking her to not just look at her relationship with Cain as just that game.
Games eventually end, and friendship is more precious than that. She doesn't want to hear that at the end of the game, with a victory on her part, there's nothing more for them to explore with each other, and when that happens, all of this effort, this worrying, will have been for nothing.
She'd never forgive anyone who would leave Cain after taking their fill of him.
Lifting her cup to gently sip from it, she looks ahead of her once more.
If you love someone... ]
Find out what you really feel for him, Rosella. Spend some time with him, try and learn of him from what he's willing to share-- and let him learn from you as well.
[ Looking to her side again, she meets her gaze again, a half-smile on her lips. Her chest is beginning to ache inside, but she crushes that feeling with the peaceful look she's used to giving her patients.
This is like a consultation, in a way, isn't it? Except it's just a little more personal. The comparison makes her smile grow a bit, even if it doesn't reach her eyes, and she moves a hand over Rosella's assuringly. ]
Don't try to be anyone else for him than who you already are. You're his Princess, aren't you?
[ She smiles wryly at that. ]
Be that princess, his friend, and trust him when he guards you from something he isn't ready to share. It'll help you both.
[ She ought to know. After all, aside from the things she learnt through exploration and curses, and Alexis himself... there are things he's not ready to share, and she's fine with that.
There are things she can't share with him either, but she'll know when it's possible. ]
Boys are dreadfully frustrating, aren't they?
[ She can't help but add with a weak laugh, quickly enough to cover for the sting that's beginning to burn her eyes. Lift the mood, now. That's the way. ]
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Games eventually end, and friendship is more precious than that. She doesn't want to hear that at the end of the game, with a victory on her part, there's nothing more for them to explore with each other, and when that happens, all of this effort, this worrying, will have been for nothing.
She'd never forgive anyone who would leave Cain after taking their fill of him.
Lifting her cup to gently sip from it, she looks ahead of her once more.
If you love someone... ]
Find out what you really feel for him, Rosella. Spend some time with him, try and learn of him from what he's willing to share-- and let him learn from you as well.
[ Looking to her side again, she meets her gaze again, a half-smile on her lips. Her chest is beginning to ache inside, but she crushes that feeling with the peaceful look she's used to giving her patients.
This is like a consultation, in a way, isn't it? Except it's just a little more personal. The comparison makes her smile grow a bit, even if it doesn't reach her eyes, and she moves a hand over Rosella's assuringly. ]
Don't try to be anyone else for him than who you already are. You're his Princess, aren't you?
[ She smiles wryly at that. ]
Be that princess, his friend, and trust him when he guards you from something he isn't ready to share. It'll help you both.
[ She ought to know. After all, aside from the things she learnt through exploration and curses, and Alexis himself... there are things he's not ready to share, and she's fine with that.
There are things she can't share with him either, but she'll know when it's possible. ]
Boys are dreadfully frustrating, aren't they?
[ She can't help but add with a weak laugh, quickly enough to cover for the sting that's beginning to burn her eyes. Lift the mood, now. That's the way. ]