[The reason or emotion behind Pyra's shift in expression is foreign to him. He doesn't try to guess as to what it could mean. One day, he hopes to understand more about her and put it all together then.
For now, he snaps his head to attention, wide-eyed, at her proclamation of friendship. Struck speechless by her following offer, he can only stare for a beat, then two, and finally three when he smiles.]
Being friends is more than enough.
[There's a surefire way to prevent him from getting to that point, but he won't burden her with that knowledge. Not now. She's borne enough for him today, and he can ask no more of her.]
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For now, he snaps his head to attention, wide-eyed, at her proclamation of friendship. Struck speechless by her following offer, he can only stare for a beat, then two, and finally three when he smiles.]
Being friends is more than enough.
[There's a surefire way to prevent him from getting to that point, but he won't burden her with that knowledge. Not now. She's borne enough for him today, and he can ask no more of her.]