[In spite of how quickly she moves on from her first question, he still takes the time to answer it.]
Respect. An attempt at being gentle.
[Which, he'll admit, isn't always something he's good at.]
The situation forced you into this position, it's not something you chose to share with me yourself. I wanted to give you space to take some of your privacy back.
[It's because he knows it's difficult that he tried to give her that space.]
And you seemed to be braced for the worst. For insults or demands, maybe, but I know you well enough to know you wouldn't take a position like that out of selfishness or greed.
On the last mission, you had a choice. You could have lived off the radar on a planet you enjoyed. A place you were comfortable. Instead, you chose to register with a corrupt government that hated people like you, and live in an over crowded polluted city you clearly didn't like much. Just so you could help those children in the orphanage.
What I saw seemed similar, but on a grander scale. You put yourself in the position where you could do the most good, likely at a cost. How could I do anything but respect that?
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Respect. An attempt at being gentle.
[Which, he'll admit, isn't always something he's good at.]
The situation forced you into this position, it's not something you chose to share with me yourself. I wanted to give you space to take some of your privacy back.
[It's because he knows it's difficult that he tried to give her that space.]
And you seemed to be braced for the worst. For insults or demands, maybe, but I know you well enough to know you wouldn't take a position like that out of selfishness or greed.
On the last mission, you had a choice. You could have lived off the radar on a planet you enjoyed. A place you were comfortable. Instead, you chose to register with a corrupt government that hated people like you, and live in an over crowded polluted city you clearly didn't like much. Just so you could help those children in the orphanage.
What I saw seemed similar, but on a grander scale. You put yourself in the position where you could do the most good, likely at a cost. How could I do anything but respect that?