[ she blinks for a moment, but then laughs a little, high and nervous. it seems to be more out of embarrassment rather than anything else, though. ]
Oh, um... it was nothing, really. I'm... always happy to be able to help, sir. I'm told I can be a bit of a gloomy person sometimes, and, well, I don't really disagree with them...
[ homura trails off, but not before she realises how that might all sound— it's not meant to be self-pitying at all, just contextualizing. so instead she waves her hands in front of her hurriedly as she rushes onward a little more quickly than her tentative pace previous: ]
That is to say, um, I can understand, a little, about what it's like to keep thinking about mistakes all the time. I think. But I've learned— you just have to keep going. That's all.
[ she glances over to the lake he'd been staring at previous before looking up to the fireworks in the sky. what an odd mix. ]
If it's all right for me to ask... ah, what happened, afterward?
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Oh, um... it was nothing, really. I'm... always happy to be able to help, sir. I'm told I can be a bit of a gloomy person sometimes, and, well, I don't really disagree with them...
[ homura trails off, but not before she realises how that might all sound— it's not meant to be self-pitying at all, just contextualizing. so instead she waves her hands in front of her hurriedly as she rushes onward a little more quickly than her tentative pace previous: ]
That is to say, um, I can understand, a little, about what it's like to keep thinking about mistakes all the time. I think. But I've learned— you just have to keep going. That's all.
[ she glances over to the lake he'd been staring at previous before looking up to the fireworks in the sky. what an odd mix. ]
If it's all right for me to ask... ah, what happened, afterward?