[Mipha responds only with an overly-innocent look. At least something has gotten through to him, she thinks.]
[Hesitantly, she lifts a hand and places it on Archie’s shoulder, gentle and comforting. Her voice has gotten even quieter and her innocent expression turns serious again.]
There needs to be a point where… [she pauses, despite having the words she wants to say ready] …where you needs to start…forgiving yourself... And to…to stop hating yourself.
[Another pause; longer, with Mipha’s eyes somewhat glazed over as she looks, unseeing, into the distance. Like she's thought about this sort of thing long before.]
…If you want to try and…make things right… …You are also part of those reparations…especially to those who love you the most.
[Her point including Sharpedo, of course, but the rest of his team as well; plus his friends and family in his home world.]
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[Hesitantly, she lifts a hand and places it on Archie’s shoulder, gentle and comforting. Her voice has gotten even quieter and her innocent expression turns serious again.]
There needs to be a point where… [she pauses, despite having the words she wants to say ready] …where you needs to start…forgiving yourself... And to…to stop hating yourself.
[Another pause; longer, with Mipha’s eyes somewhat glazed over as she looks, unseeing, into the distance. Like she's thought about this sort of thing long before.]
…If you want to try and…make things right… …You are also part of those reparations…especially to those who love you the most.
[Her point including Sharpedo, of course, but the rest of his team as well; plus his friends and family in his home world.]