[If there was anyone who understood what she meant, it would be him, wouldn't it? Zevran with all his talk of sex and none of it about love. Maybe... maybe there was something to take from that after all. Maybe he did have a point. Especially if she didn't want to love anyone ever again. Not in that way. Not in any kind of way that could break her heart.
She hugs him back, closing her eyes and letting her cheek rest against his cool armor. And she even manages to chuckle a little. A dry and tentative chuckle.]
It isn't, is it? Not worth the pain. [She says it softly. They both have so much other pain in their life. But he knows anyway. He has some idea what love can be like.] I think I might finally understand why... why you do what you do.
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She hugs him back, closing her eyes and letting her cheek rest against his cool armor. And she even manages to chuckle a little. A dry and tentative chuckle.]
It isn't, is it? Not worth the pain. [She says it softly. They both have so much other pain in their life. But he knows anyway. He has some idea what love can be like.] I think I might finally understand why... why you do what you do.