We can't know everything there is to know about someone, whether they're willing or not. We just make do with what we get.
[this is true of roxana and so many people here -- clarte, crow, kazu, bubblegum, even buzen to some degree. Itsuki prides himself on seeing people, but he's not so arrogant as to think that he can really see through everyone.]
...I'm not trying to belittle what you've done when I say that. [not when Roxana will always remember] Just that I feel this way... and that's why I want you to survive tomorrow.
[ There's a small pause, the barest flicker of surprise, as if she's trying to parse what he says and how it makes her feel, before she shakes her head. ]
... But if it can't be both, you would still choose for whoever is against me tomorrow to survive over me.
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Even the Roxana of the book is different than the Roxana that is now even if at the core, perhaps they're not so different. ]
... Like you've said, I've only shown you so much of me.
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[this is true of roxana and so many people here -- clarte, crow, kazu, bubblegum, even buzen to some degree. Itsuki prides himself on seeing people, but he's not so arrogant as to think that he can really see through everyone.]
...I'm not trying to belittle what you've done when I say that. [not when Roxana will always remember] Just that I feel this way... and that's why I want you to survive tomorrow.
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... But if it can't be both, you would still choose for whoever is against me tomorrow to survive over me.