kindness doesn't matter much if you keep breaking everything just hits xie lian like a punch in the gut, because he has been exactly where rin is, right now.
the idea of whispering voices calling him a failure, in a place that was xie lian's home, reeks of the white no face, and the thought of it affecting rin in the way it had affected him makes him burn, too. xie lian takes a deep breath. ]
...It does matter. [ is the first place to start. ] Rin, it matters. If you can help one person - even one person, it matters. That is the lesson that I have had to learn, and I am still trying to learn even now.
You melted the ground at the ice hotel, and you fixed it. You spoke to a killer, and brought her words of great comfort and support when she felt like she was alone, in a way no one else could. You - barely a week ago, I spoke with you about something that I have spoken of to no one, and you gave me words that - there are no words to describe how much it meant to me.
Whether you make mistakes or not doesn't matter. What matters is how you move from them. If you stay stagnant and let voices like that drag you down, then you will lose sight of yourself - when the you that you are is someone wonderful. I would sooner know you than a thousand successful generals, or a thousand people who solve crimes. I've been honored, to know you.
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kindness doesn't matter much if you keep breaking everything just hits xie lian like a punch in the gut, because he has been exactly where rin is, right now.
the idea of whispering voices calling him a failure, in a place that was xie lian's home, reeks of the white no face, and the thought of it affecting rin in the way it had affected him makes him burn, too. xie lian takes a deep breath. ]
...It does matter. [ is the first place to start. ] Rin, it matters. If you can help one person - even one person, it matters. That is the lesson that I have had to learn, and I am still trying to learn even now.
You melted the ground at the ice hotel, and you fixed it. You spoke to a killer, and brought her words of great comfort and support when she felt like she was alone, in a way no one else could. You - barely a week ago, I spoke with you about something that I have spoken of to no one, and you gave me words that - there are no words to describe how much it meant to me.
Whether you make mistakes or not doesn't matter. What matters is how you move from them. If you stay stagnant and let voices like that drag you down, then you will lose sight of yourself - when the you that you are is someone wonderful. I would sooner know you than a thousand successful generals, or a thousand people who solve crimes. I've been honored, to know you.