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Mm. But. . . she feels terrible. She cried a lot. So I don't want. . .

[Don't be mean to her even if he feels a little iffy about it.]

I'm not sure. He asked me not to think badly of him. Last night.

[cuedoves]

.... I'm not going to yell at her. Whoever it is. I just wish she had spoken up sooner.

[ he has a couple of guesses, though. ]

Even though he acted like he wanted to push people away.... he couldn't keep that up with you, I bet.

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Hikaru.

[So. There you go.]

. . . He was always very nice to me. I think we were similar in some ways. [Were you?????] Um. Kano-san smiled and laughed lot, but I think he really hated when people told him how to feel, or to pretend about his feelings just to get along with everyone. I also don't like that.

[cuedoves]

... I guess that explains a few things.

[ .... ]

I don't know. You don't beat around the bush. You always say what you mean. He's..... well, I don't know. He always seemed like he was holding back his real feelings.

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[Hmm.]

But I think, because he was holding them back. . . I've never been able to do that. Even if I wanted to pretend. I've never been able to laugh and smile just to get along with everybody. And I think he understood that.

[cuedoves]

I don't think you're that similar. But I do think he admired you. I think you could have been the one to inspire him to become a better man.

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Admired?

[Wow!!]

I would have tried.

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Yeah. You stick to your principles no matter what.

[ nod of approval. ]

If he had more time.