[ His words strip her smile from her, in the end. It's a sentiment so - so frank, in his words - that she's left a little startled in the wake of it, floundering like a fish caught between sea and shore. Lucina does her best to keep it from showing and succeeds to a point. The loss of a smile, well, that - that's just respectful, isn't it?
She doesn't expect those words... but she can live with them, or something.
She notices how his smiles are slight enough to mirror her own and... (And what? What could it possibly matter?) ]
Of course.
[ Lucina utters it so steadily, like nothing happened, like nothing changed.
...
Anyway, she was leaving, wasn't she? Best go do that. ]
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She doesn't expect those words... but she can live with them, or something.
She notices how his smiles are slight enough to mirror her own and... (And what? What could it possibly matter?) ]
Of course.
[ Lucina utters it so steadily, like nothing happened, like nothing changed.
...
Anyway, she was leaving, wasn't she? Best go do that. ]