[ he listens through it all, somewhere between dazed and frustrated. yves has been easygoing for most of his time here, and even now he's listening with more curiosity than anything. there's a lot of pieces that sound complicated, politics and systems that he's not even slightly familiar with
but at the end, he just frowns and says perhaps a little too decisively: ] If he promised to make you his wife, he should make you his wife. I feel that way about both you and your mother—I'm sorry if I'm speaking out of my place, Waner.... but...
You both deserve better than what you've received.
Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you go back. You should get to be with her.
I feel the same way. A promise made should be a promise kept.
[she looks down at her hands.]
...I've lived my whole life that way. Thinking that we deserve more than what we were born to. And now I am here, and I am told that I must be "better" than I was in order to go back. Does that mean belieivng that was wrong? If I have to simply accept my lot in life... [she shakes her head.] I do not know that I can.
To be honest, that is the thing that I find confusing here... I don't know what makes a person "better" by what standards. I think everyone is probably trying their best as they are.
But... maybe it's something besides that, Waner. Maybe there's another aspect in which you should approach your redemption, because I don't think settling for less is the right way.
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[ he listens through it all, somewhere between dazed and frustrated. yves has been easygoing for most of his time here, and even now he's listening with more curiosity than anything. there's a lot of pieces that sound complicated, politics and systems that he's not even slightly familiar with
but at the end, he just frowns and says perhaps a little too decisively: ] If he promised to make you his wife, he should make you his wife. I feel that way about both you and your mother—I'm sorry if I'm speaking out of my place, Waner.... but...
You both deserve better than what you've received.
Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you go back. You should get to be with her.
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[she looks down at her hands.]
...I've lived my whole life that way. Thinking that we deserve more than what we were born to. And now I am here, and I am told that I must be "better" than I was in order to go back. Does that mean belieivng that was wrong? If I have to simply accept my lot in life... [she shakes her head.] I do not know that I can.
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To be honest, that is the thing that I find confusing here... I don't know what makes a person "better" by what standards. I think everyone is probably trying their best as they are.
But... maybe it's something besides that, Waner. Maybe there's another aspect in which you should approach your redemption, because I don't think settling for less is the right way.
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[she drops her gaze to her hands.]
Although, I imagine we are all grappling with something similar. Since we don't know how our growth is being measured, precisely...
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It's okay. We'll be here a while, so I'm sure you'll have time to figure it out - and then you'll be back home with your mother in no time.
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And if there's anything I can do to help, just say the word, okay? I'll come running.
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[she smiles faintly at that. i think we can wrap here? good lord this week got away from me]