( Does it make her happy? It's more complicated than happiness and sadness. It isn't black and white. There are moments when she experiences things that make her both smile and hurt. Things that make her want to cry but laugh. Places that make her feel closer to home but remind her how far away she is. She is both happy and sad. She supposes that means this is all... what's the word? Bittersweet?
Yes, that's how it feels. )
... Yes. A little sad, if I'm honest but... happy too.
( As they walk the path, she tries to explain. It's okay to tell Ain, right? He won't tell anyone. At least, he doesn't strike her as the type to tell secrets. )
In my realm... I lived in a castle. ( She won't really explain more than that but he can probably assume she either worked in one or well, lived in it. ) "Castle Shirasagi."
When I heard there was a castle in this real w-with the same name... ( Her voice rises, warm and bright, ) I had to see it for myself!
And I'm glad I did. T-truly. When I'm here... I feel happy.
[ he thinks he understands, though only in a transient way, like a bird skimming over water. but - there's another sentiment that he finds, in the way she speaks of the castle in colours of red and gold, a wish of home.
( She looks back at him, tilting her head curiously to one side. It's a bit of a strange question. Is it a place that she belongs to? She supposes so but it's more than just that so she wonders what he's asking. )
Ah... Castle Shirasagi is... ( She has to think, ) It's where I live.
But I think... I think the place I belong to is bigger than a castle. ( Even if the castle in question is huge. ) I belong to Hoshido b-but it's more than just a place.
It's my home a-and my country and my family and all of my people too! ( Hoshido is everything she loves and values and her heart swells, giving her new strength just thinking about it. ) But now... I think it's a l-little more complicated since I've been here...
[ he listens, his form swaying a little like the leaves around them, in the faint ambient breeze. ]
.... I heard someone say, home, is where your heart is.
[ there are several things he wants to say. there's the awareness of how she had held a great deal of worry and fear when they last met - and while he doesn't remember anything, he knows that somehow, that should not happen. it's like knowing the shape of words despite never having the knowledge of speaking them. some vague notion of happiness, too. something about being human.... ]
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Yes, that's how it feels. )
... Yes. A little sad, if I'm honest but... happy too.
( As they walk the path, she tries to explain. It's okay to tell Ain, right? He won't tell anyone. At least, he doesn't strike her as the type to tell secrets. )
In my realm... I lived in a castle. ( She won't really explain more than that but he can probably assume she either worked in one or well, lived in it. ) "Castle Shirasagi."
When I heard there was a castle in this real w-with the same name... ( Her voice rises, warm and bright, ) I had to see it for myself!
And I'm glad I did. T-truly. When I'm here... I feel happy.
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where is home, though? what makes a place home? ]
.... is it, a place you belong to?
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( She looks back at him, tilting her head curiously to one side. It's a bit of a strange question. Is it a place that she belongs to? She supposes so but it's more than just that so she wonders what he's asking. )
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[ he nods, just once. some things are not yet comprehensible to him, so he has to ask ]
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But I think... I think the place I belong to is bigger than a castle. ( Even if the castle in question is huge. ) I belong to Hoshido b-but it's more than just a place.
It's my home a-and my country and my family and all of my people too! ( Hoshido is everything she loves and values and her heart swells, giving her new strength just thinking about it. ) But now... I think it's a l-little more complicated since I've been here...
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.... I heard someone say, home, is where your heart is.
[ there are several things he wants to say. there's the awareness of how she had held a great deal of worry and fear when they last met - and while he doesn't remember anything, he knows that somehow, that should not happen. it's like knowing the shape of words despite never having the knowledge of speaking them. some vague notion of happiness, too. something about being human.... ]
It's....
[ something I want, he thinks. ]
... it sounds like a beautiful place.