[Or at least never to the point where he physically couldn't let something go. People though, it used to be even worse. Or maybe it's just because they were countries and it was possible to have them be yours and was possible to cling and claw and fight to keep them. But he's not exactly sure how to explain it in a way that. Well. Doesn't make him look awful, but that's kind of the point he's trying to make, huh. Even so he picks the example that doesn't involve a colony, though it's the most cringeworthy one.]
I, uh. Took nine years to acknowledge that Bel wasn't - that she broke away.
[Yeahhhh. Still leaning into her hand, but definitely not meeting her eyes anymore.]
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[Or at least never to the point where he physically couldn't let something go. People though, it used to be even worse. Or maybe it's just because they were countries and it was possible to have them be yours and was possible to cling and claw and fight to keep them. But he's not exactly sure how to explain it in a way that. Well. Doesn't make him look awful, but that's kind of the point he's trying to make, huh. Even so he picks the example that doesn't involve a colony, though it's the most cringeworthy one.]
I, uh. Took nine years to acknowledge that Bel wasn't - that she broke away.
[Yeahhhh. Still leaning into her hand, but definitely not meeting her eyes anymore.]