[ xie lian's expression mirrors jeanne's, when he turns to look at her properly, a small smile, sadness in his eyes. so many years, and so many acts of impulsive cruelty. ]
Mn. For now... all we can do is prepare ourselves. To hope for the best - but to prepare for the worst, too.
[ a beat. ] Miss Jeanne... it may be rude to say so, but you sound like you've been through many things. I hope that the world has not been too cruel to you.
[ Jeanne shakes her head, and her smile grows. It doesn't quite touch her eyes, but it's not insincere. It's a smile of acceptance, of how she knows how people view what happened to her as cruel and how she bears no hatred for it. ]
What the world was to me was what I expected, and what I hope the world to be is something with a future.
[ The potential to be better should always be there. ]
For all there is to hope, I am no stranger to what becomes before it.
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[ xie lian's expression mirrors jeanne's, when he turns to look at her properly, a small smile, sadness in his eyes. so many years, and so many acts of impulsive cruelty. ]
Mn. For now... all we can do is prepare ourselves. To hope for the best - but to prepare for the worst, too.
[ a beat. ] Miss Jeanne... it may be rude to say so, but you sound like you've been through many things. I hope that the world has not been too cruel to you.
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What the world was to me was what I expected, and what I hope the world to be is something with a future.
[ The potential to be better should always be there. ]
For all there is to hope, I am no stranger to what becomes before it.