[He lowered his eyes now that Cliff was closer to him, his gaze falling on the fingers around his own. Affection was still foreign to him and every moment he felt like it could go away again. He knew he shouldn't get used to this. It rebelled against his own culture and upbringing to be so open, but at the same time, Souji had been here too long surrounded by "foreigners" and he knew he'd have to keep adapting or be shackled by the chains of the past.
He closed his eyes and smiled faintly. His words sounded hypocritical to him, but he was used to that by now.]
It's in the way you look at things. You still want to say that you could have stopped this from happening, taking the burden onto your own shoulders when it doesn't belong anywhere.
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[He lowered his eyes now that Cliff was closer to him, his gaze falling on the fingers around his own. Affection was still foreign to him and every moment he felt like it could go away again. He knew he shouldn't get used to this. It rebelled against his own culture and upbringing to be so open, but at the same time, Souji had been here too long surrounded by "foreigners" and he knew he'd have to keep adapting or be shackled by the chains of the past.
He closed his eyes and smiled faintly. His words sounded hypocritical to him, but he was used to that by now.]
It's in the way you look at things. You still want to say that you could have stopped this from happening, taking the burden onto your own shoulders when it doesn't belong anywhere.