[ Cisco's heart sinks, reading the text. Every new thing he learns about Arya's life makes it clearer to him just how much hardship she's been through, how little safety or comfort or happiness she's had. ]
i can only imagine.
(i wish i could have been there to help you 😞 )
and remember there's no rush. you don't have to push yourself just to prove that you haven't let them win. you can take your time.
i'll do whatever i can to make it easier for you, if you'd like.
No, you do not need to wish that. I am glad that you were not there, that you are not from that world at all. What happened is done, and neither you nor me could have prevented it. But the fact that you are here now has helped me more than I know how to say.
(You were the first to teach me something that did not have anything to do with killing, or even simply surviving, and I will never forget that. 😎)
I can do it if I put my mind to it. I know this to be true -- my will is strong, and has served me well before.
If you can, please try not to let on that anything is wrong. Both you and Eddie know what is happening, but the rest is up to me, and I do not want to prevent you from enjoying yourself. And I will enjoy myself, too. 🙂
[ Only Arya, Cisco thinks, could go from talking about being trained to kill to a sunglasses emoji in a single sentence. ]
teaching you's been one of the best things about being here.
[ He means that, too. It's good to feel useful, to feel like he's helping someone. And Cisco had never really realized, before he met Arya, just how fun it would be to share knowledge with someone. ]
i can do that.
[ In fact, pretending nothing is wrong is kind of a speciality of Cisco's. ]
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i can only imagine.
(i wish i could have been there to help you 😞 )
and remember there's no rush. you don't have to push yourself just to prove that you haven't let them win. you can take your time.
i'll do whatever i can to make it easier for you, if you'd like.
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(You were the first to teach me something that did not have anything to do with killing, or even simply surviving, and I will never forget that. 😎)
I can do it if I put my mind to it. I know this to be true -- my will is strong, and has served me well before.
If you can, please try not to let on that anything is wrong. Both you and Eddie know what is happening, but the rest is up to me, and I do not want to prevent you from enjoying yourself. And I will enjoy myself, too. 🙂
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teaching you's been one of the best things about being here.
[ He means that, too. It's good to feel useful, to feel like he's helping someone. And Cisco had never really realized, before he met Arya, just how fun it would be to share knowledge with someone. ]
i can do that.
[ In fact, pretending nothing is wrong is kind of a speciality of Cisco's. ]
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Thank you. : )