You are the last person that should be worrying about being in control of herself. That time... [Yeah, still not totally comfortable with that. She wraps her free arm around herself, trying not to let it bother her too much.] That time, you're right, I couldn't control myself. Whatever that was, it was more than I could handle.
But things like that aren't common, here. And even then... I will be hurt sooner or later. Mana will be upset sometimes. That's just how life is. What we can do is be there for each other, so we don't have to deal with those things alone. So we can make those things hurt less. So we can be back to normal faster, and laugh about it and put everything behind us.
[She smiles lightly, hoping she's making enough sense. This early - 2 AM, if her frog clock was to be believed - she was only half-lucid, but half was less than Alice deserved, so she was doing her best to clear the fog out.]
I know I said I was counting on you to protect us. And we are. But the three of us are human. We can mess up sometimes. We're not running at a hundred percent all the time. And we can't fix everything. I appreciate that you want to protect us, and that you're worried you won't be able to. But I think- aaaaah... [She yawns wide, belatedly getting a hand over her mouth.] Sorry. I think you're worrying too much, Alice. Nobody can have all the answers. You do the best you can, and if something happens, we'll deal with it. I don't demand perfection. I can't ask for that. If you can promise me you'll try your best, you're doing everything I could ask for. Do you... understand?
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But things like that aren't common, here. And even then... I will be hurt sooner or later. Mana will be upset sometimes. That's just how life is. What we can do is be there for each other, so we don't have to deal with those things alone. So we can make those things hurt less. So we can be back to normal faster, and laugh about it and put everything behind us.
[She smiles lightly, hoping she's making enough sense. This early - 2 AM, if her frog clock was to be believed - she was only half-lucid, but half was less than Alice deserved, so she was doing her best to clear the fog out.]
I know I said I was counting on you to protect us. And we are. But the three of us are human. We can mess up sometimes. We're not running at a hundred percent all the time. And we can't fix everything. I appreciate that you want to protect us, and that you're worried you won't be able to. But I think- aaaaah... [She yawns wide, belatedly getting a hand over her mouth.] Sorry. I think you're worrying too much, Alice. Nobody can have all the answers. You do the best you can, and if something happens, we'll deal with it. I don't demand perfection. I can't ask for that. If you can promise me you'll try your best, you're doing everything I could ask for. Do you... understand?