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[indent][indent][indent][color=gray][sub][right][color=92278f][b]Location:[/b][/color] City Streets -- The City of Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color]
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[color=plum]"Why are you trying so hard to help me?"[/color]

The question was simple, yet it left her feeling almost embittered, which was silly and no one else’s fault but her own. He was right to be hesitant—she disliked it, but he was right to. People often asked her what her “angle” was, tried to figure out if she had some shady ulterior motive, or what she stood to gain from her attitude. But was it even about motive? The simple answer would have been along the lines of: “because it’s the right thing to do,” but truthfully it had never really been about right and wrong. Seele couldn’t justly moralize to anyone, especially not now that they were all trapped in this strange world.

So instead, she answered simply: [color=92278f]“Because I want to,”[/color] and then left that bit of his question behind. 
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[color=92278f]“I’m not trying to [i]fix[/i] you, Kazuki. You’re grown, clearly you know your own flaws. They’re yours. You’ll face them when you’re ready, or when you have to. I just want to help.”[/color]

She stepped away from the house, gesturing for him to follow. [color=92278f]“So c’mon, lets get moving. We’ll take any route you like, you lead the way. As long as it’s forward.”[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]