There's the mass murder, but I've resolved not to pull that shit again. [ Usually she's flippant about that - it's a nice bracing kick in the teeth - but she doesn't drop it like a bomb and move on, not this time.
She can't make a suggestion like that before stacking the deck against him. ...Well, she could, but he probably doesn't deserve it. ]
But shaking nasty habits is different than figuring out new ones, and I keep losing the people who could - [ She stops, with a faint grimace. ]
[ Chasing I've killed a lot of people with and I don't want to do that anymore is the perfect way to share that tidbit! It sounds like she's already done a lot of hard work on herself, and Vash's smile makes it clear that he's proud of her for that. Proud and relieved, honestly -- as a new warden, he still doesn't really know what his role here is, other than cheering her on and making sure she knows that there's somebody on her side.
It's not enough, and he knows that, but it's the best place he can think of to start. ]
That's got to be so hard! Having people around that care for you and that you rely on... [ Because that's the part she stopped herself from saying, right? ] ...only to have them vanish right when you need them the most! That's so terrible!
[ He's hamming it up a little, but only because it's such a serious subject. ]
And yet, through all that, you're still determined to respect life, and turn remain firmly turned away from the path of blood and death! Such fortitude! Such strength!
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She can't make a suggestion like that before stacking the deck against him. ...Well, she could, but he probably doesn't deserve it. ]
But shaking nasty habits is different than figuring out new ones, and I keep losing the people who could - [ She stops, with a faint grimace. ]
The Admiral's only responsible for part of that.
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It's not enough, and he knows that, but it's the best place he can think of to start. ]
That's got to be so hard! Having people around that care for you and that you rely on... [ Because that's the part she stopped herself from saying, right? ] ...only to have them vanish right when you need them the most! That's so terrible!
[ He's hamming it up a little, but only because it's such a serious subject. ]
And yet, through all that, you're still determined to respect life, and turn remain firmly turned away from the path of blood and death! Such fortitude! Such strength!