[He has someone that’s helping him, good to hear.] That’s… it is not so different from myself, I… if it was not for the support of someone important to me, I wouldn’t [Bites her lower lip] I do not know if I would be here.
[His heart goes out to her now, seeing how deeply this affects her.] Th-that sounds really sweet. [Hesitates, considering something. This is still a very alien thing for him to do, but he wants to.] And y-you seem really nice, Veda. [Swallows] M-m-maybe we could, um, h-hang out sometime? You could meet Katelynn; I think you two would like each other. [And he’d like to have more friends, and for Katelynn to have more friends who aren’t scary superpowered people]
Katelynn? [She pauses, searching through her memory, then finally smiles.] So it is Katelynn who has been helping you. We met once, before—- [Falters, blushing faintly. Explaining what she meant by ‘before’ was… difficult.]
[He looks at her curiously, wondering what “before” refers to.] Really? Th-that’s good to hear. [At least he takes from the smile that she likes Katelynn] I’m afraid I’ve been away from the city for a while, so she hasn’t mentioned you. [Which, if they only met once, is understandable.]
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