To hold that kind of sway and authority, a purposeful and powerful intellect, stuns Hikaru silent for a moment. But the hesitation is brief, still taking him by the hand with a much gentler grip than usual.]
Haku-san...
You acted like a prince even when you were a kid??
Mmn... that makes sense. [Said rather plainly.] But everybody really respected you a lot, didn't they? Not everybody can do that.
[Of course she wants to come up the horse!! She has a cowgirl outfit and it's entirely pink. I can't find the picture but it is so pink. Look at how pink those boots are it's a crime.
Now she is a pink cowgirl on a horse, what a great life she lives. There's energy, but she seems less excited and more just oddly relaxed. Maybe she just really likes horses.]
Do people always listen to you like that, Haku-san?
[WHAT A CUTE OUTFIT - he will go ahead and help this pink cowgirl on with him then, letting her sit in front of him so she gets to pick where they go even as he lets the horse trot forward.]
Hmm.... Maybe?
You know, Shigeo asked me similar things the other day... But if you meet people where they are, and talk to them like you care about them - why wouldn't they want to listen to you too?
[She seems perfectly content running her hand against the horse's neck very gently. She doesn't know how to do this woo woo have mercy.]
I guess cause not everybody believes in things like that, no matter how much you might want them to. You can't force anybody to listen or think what you think.
You're grown up now, so I think that helps, but... Maybe Haku-san was always special, if you could make lots of people do that when you were just a kid. That other kid who was with you... he believed in you a lot too, didn't he?
Fufu, Hak? I suppose he did - but I always thought that he was much more impressive than me. He's amazing.
[and he says this with nothing short of fondness - off they go on the horsie though, and if hikaru has nowhere she specifically wants to go, then soo-won will take them on a nice little circle around the area]
But I just like people - I don't think there's anything particularly special about that. You like people too, don't you?
[She apparently has no complaints! The fondness in his tone gets her to smile warmly.]
I hope Hak-kun is still your friend. It's good to have friends who will stand up for you like that.
[At the question, she noss without hesitation, her speech very matter-of-fact.]
Mm, I do. I don't always understand everyone, but... I think everybody deserves a chance to just be who they are, and that it's important to hear everybody's feelings even if you don't understand them.
Yeah. It's why I think Haku-san has something special.
Someone told me once that it's hard when you don't have somebody who understands your pain. To be alone with what you care about, what you think, what the world has done to you or what you want the world to become...
To not have anyone at all to just talk to about the things on your heart... it's too sad.
Hikaru doesn't seem to react all that much, outside falling quiet, letting her hand stroke the neck of the horse in complete obliviousness to memory crimes.]
he remains steady on the horse, but he too falls quiet as he tries to understand the politics and the sense of the situation spoken of. an entire world that relied on one princess, was it? and yet to try to aspire to a world that could be at peace....
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Do you know if you were successful in your defense, Hikaru?
[She's a little surprised at the question, but it fades rather quickly. A little too quickly, even as her eyes completely unfocus at the use of her name.
She shakes her head, trying to clear it.]
Huh? Oh, um...
I think I was close, to what I wanted to see happen. To protect what was falling apart. But I guess it depends on what you mean by success, Haku-san.
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Hikaru seems pretty low-key today! She'll give him a quiet wave, trotting over.]
Just looking for right now. There's so much here this time, isn't there? I think it's kind of cool.
[Her eyes fall on the horse, pleased as she carefully approaches where it can properly see her.]
Where did you learn how to ride horses, Haku-san?
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[but he'll smile as he offers a hand out to her, in case she'd like to join him -
though in that moment, the horse's tail does a little swishy. which pops one of the bubbles and lo and behold, a memory plays.
One word from Soo-won makes the whole town move.]
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To hold that kind of sway and authority, a purposeful and powerful intellect, stuns Hikaru silent for a moment. But the hesitation is brief, still taking him by the hand with a much gentler grip than usual.]
Haku-san...
You acted like a prince even when you were a kid??
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well, when she takes his grip, he'll move to help her up on the horse if she indicates she wants to come up!
otherwise, he doesn't mind holding onto her hand]
Haha, a prince? I don't know about that. Princes normally aren't allowed in the slums - I just talked to people because I wanted to.
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[Of course she wants to come up the horse!! She has a cowgirl outfit and it's entirely pink. I can't find the picture but it is so pink. Look at how pink those boots are it's a crime.
Now she is a pink cowgirl on a horse, what a great life she lives. There's energy, but she seems less excited and more just oddly relaxed. Maybe she just really likes horses.]
Do people always listen to you like that, Haku-san?
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Hmm.... Maybe?
You know, Shigeo asked me similar things the other day... But if you meet people where they are, and talk to them like you care about them - why wouldn't they want to listen to you too?
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I guess cause not everybody believes in things like that, no matter how much you might want them to. You can't force anybody to listen or think what you think.
You're grown up now, so I think that helps, but... Maybe Haku-san was always special, if you could make lots of people do that when you were just a kid. That other kid who was with you... he believed in you a lot too, didn't he?
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[and he says this with nothing short of fondness - off they go on the horsie though, and if hikaru has nowhere she specifically wants to go, then soo-won will take them on a nice little circle around the area]
But I just like people - I don't think there's anything particularly special about that. You like people too, don't you?
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I hope Hak-kun is still your friend. It's good to have friends who will stand up for you like that.
[At the question, she noss without hesitation, her speech very matter-of-fact.]
Mm, I do. I don't always understand everyone, but... I think everybody deserves a chance to just be who they are, and that it's important to hear everybody's feelings even if you don't understand them.
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[but it's what she says next that he listens closely to - that he finds so very interesting.]
It's hearing them first that makes it possible to understand later, right?
I think a lot of people - they're silent or they're distrustful, because something in the world told them that it's not okay to be as they are.
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Someone told me once that it's hard when you don't have somebody who understands your pain. To be alone with what you care about, what you think, what the world has done to you or what you want the world to become...
To not have anyone at all to just talk to about the things on your heart... it's too sad.
[The horse doesn't care about memory bubbles apparently and runs right into another one as they stroll (the last image for this was posted first and i hate imgur).
Hikaru doesn't seem to react all that much, outside falling quiet, letting her hand stroke the neck of the horse in complete obliviousness to memory crimes.]
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he remains steady on the horse, but he too falls quiet as he tries to understand the politics and the sense of the situation spoken of. an entire world that relied on one princess, was it? and yet to try to aspire to a world that could be at peace....
. . . ]
Do you know if you were successful in your defense, Hikaru?
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[She's a little surprised at the question, but it fades rather quickly. A little too quickly, even as her eyes completely unfocus at the use of her name.
She shakes her head, trying to clear it.]
Huh? Oh, um...
I think I was close, to what I wanted to see happen. To protect what was falling apart. But I guess it depends on what you mean by success, Haku-san.