The ease with which Kaworu answers would be surprising from anyone else. But, Kaworu has shown by now that he isn't like others, even when it comes to admitting that he's not entirely an unfeeling robot (so to speak) after all.
Also by now, he expects the question. He doesn't flinch from it.]
Yes. But not in the same way, I don't think. [He answers easily.] I don't feel it the same way I did when I was young either. It's no longer about what I've never had and more about what I've lost. Homes, loved ones, people I trusted and counted on but will never again. There are few who can fully understand my experiences. and would not recoil from them. Or me.
[He passes one of the fruits to Kaworu.] But I am not alone. I have a spouse whom I love, a boy who is familiar with my daughter, and people who are kind to me. I am not lonely in the way of not having enough exactly, but for grieving what can't be. That is a loneliness I will always carry.
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The ease with which Kaworu answers would be surprising from anyone else. But, Kaworu has shown by now that he isn't like others, even when it comes to admitting that he's not entirely an unfeeling robot (so to speak) after all.
Also by now, he expects the question. He doesn't flinch from it.]
Yes. But not in the same way, I don't think. [He answers easily.] I don't feel it the same way I did when I was young either. It's no longer about what I've never had and more about what I've lost. Homes, loved ones, people I trusted and counted on but will never again. There are few who can fully understand my experiences. and would not recoil from them. Or me.
[He passes one of the fruits to Kaworu.] But I am not alone. I have a spouse whom I love, a boy who is familiar with my daughter, and people who are kind to me. I am not lonely in the way of not having enough exactly, but for grieving what can't be. That is a loneliness I will always carry.
Will you tell me then how things are with you?