[He'd been pretty sure he'd had her feelings nailed down, so when she refutes his statement, he tilts his head at her quizzically. If she wasn't exhausted, then what was it?]
[But her explanation makes sense, and actually also improves her standing in his mind, and he nods a little in understanding as she explains. Rise seemed nice, and she had more than earned uncertainty and freak-out-time as she'd been unexpectedly dropped in a world she knew nothing about, so of course he wanted to help her and thought well of her, was sympathetic to her. He completely understood why she was so distraught after hearing from Master Yen Sid that she couldn't return home, and wanted to at least try and make it better for her. But something this hard and this ... outré had hit her, and instead of wanting to hide away, Rise's decided to face it head on and deal with it instead of letting the Keybearers do most of it, which would still make a lot of sense since they're the ones with experience with this sort of thing. That kind of strength is something he's run across before, and it always shows up in special people. Maybe there is a reason Rise is here, after all.]
[His smile widens as she finishes and he stands up, stuffing his Gummiphone back into his pocket before offering her a hand to get to her feet.] I wouldn't say meeting me is worth going through this, but thank you for thinking it's a good thing. Hopefully you won't change your mind about that.
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[But her explanation makes sense, and actually also improves her standing in his mind, and he nods a little in understanding as she explains. Rise seemed nice, and she had more than earned uncertainty and freak-out-time as she'd been unexpectedly dropped in a world she knew nothing about, so of course he wanted to help her and thought well of her, was sympathetic to her. He completely understood why she was so distraught after hearing from Master Yen Sid that she couldn't return home, and wanted to at least try and make it better for her. But something this hard and this ... outré had hit her, and instead of wanting to hide away, Rise's decided to face it head on and deal with it instead of letting the Keybearers do most of it, which would still make a lot of sense since they're the ones with experience with this sort of thing. That kind of strength is something he's run across before, and it always shows up in special people. Maybe there is a reason Rise is here, after all.]
[His smile widens as she finishes and he stands up, stuffing his Gummiphone back into his pocket before offering her a hand to get to her feet.] I wouldn't say meeting me is worth going through this, but thank you for thinking it's a good thing. Hopefully you won't change your mind about that.
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