[Isn't it the same thing, though? Perfection for a person..... isn't it just being good at all the little unspoken jobs they need you to do, to maintain that relationship? You can train yourself to be a good listener. You can practice comforting people. You can dissect social cues, memorize scripts, study what makes individual people and people in general happy.
It's easy to be perfect for people, if you put together the skills and knowledge to do so. He's done it for his whole life. So why..... why is it harder to do in Havenwell? Why does it feel incompatible now, when it used to be so seamless?]
What do you want, then?
[Not more cuddles, apparently. It can't just be him, because Cor already has him, right? He's right here. All Cor has to do is reach back out.]
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It's easy to be perfect for people, if you put together the skills and knowledge to do so. He's done it for his whole life. So why..... why is it harder to do in Havenwell? Why does it feel incompatible now, when it used to be so seamless?]
What do you want, then?
[Not more cuddles, apparently. It can't just be him, because Cor already has him, right? He's right here. All Cor has to do is reach back out.]