...oh, Riley. He feels a little like his heart is going to break, as he looks back into her eyes, that are searching his for honesty.
It's been funny, getting to know her. Not in a ha-ha way, in a "nothing here is what you'd think" way. The confident enthusiasm of Riley Soelberg was one of a few shining outer layers; work hard enough to slip past them, and you'll see the center has been eaten away, leaving a girl who asks, because she's not sure, if her happiness matters as much as other friends'.
His other hand comes up to her other shoulder.
He nods, once, firmly. Yes, it's what Atem thinks. Of course it is.]
And I would never exchange one for the other.
It's something that's far too precious to trade away!
[The solution to Ryslig, when they find it, has to account for all of them, or it's no good.]
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...oh, Riley. He feels a little like his heart is going to break, as he looks back into her eyes, that are searching his for honesty.
It's been funny, getting to know her. Not in a ha-ha way, in a "nothing here is what you'd think" way. The confident enthusiasm of Riley Soelberg was one of a few shining outer layers; work hard enough to slip past them, and you'll see the center has been eaten away, leaving a girl who asks, because she's not sure, if her happiness matters as much as other friends'.
His other hand comes up to her other shoulder.
He nods, once, firmly. Yes, it's what Atem thinks. Of course it is.]
And I would never exchange one for the other.
It's something that's far too precious to trade away!
[The solution to Ryslig, when they find it, has to account for all of them, or it's no good.]