[It's the first time she's given a compliment that she doesn't immediately try to dispel and give back to the person who offered it. Cats understand the hearts of people better than anyone-better than her, than scientists, and even other kids in the lab. Cats get it and if he says that, then she doesn't have a retort.
It's the first time she can accept those words without question and she doesn't need to hold his hand to feel a warmth that surges through her entire body.
Even if something is wrong with her-something bad that makes her heart want to stop beating or beat too fast-it doesn't matter because Murasaki saw something pretty in it. She always wondered why she was pushed away from the project, even though she didn't want to be a part of it to begin with. She assumed they saw something bad in it-in her. Something that didn't work, that needed fixed, that couldn't be useful, that wasn't warm enough, that could only be useful as a last resort for someone who wanted to hurt others, but-
Her heart is still pretty to a cat. If he can see something in her-the her that existed before her body was altered with pills and tests. Maybe the her that exists despite that, that's enough to make her smile.
Cats would know, is all she thinks. They saw a pretty heart in Seto too and that's something she could never argue with.]
Thank you.
[It doesn't express the extent of how she feels from his kind words and it feels lacking, even as they come out of her mouth.
And maybe-
She leans forward, one hand pressing onto ESP kitty's back to keep him in place on her lap, while the other reaches for the top of Ichimatsu's head. If she's allowed to, she's going to pet him. Because that's how you show cats you love them. And right now, she wants to give him a few little head pats.]
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It's the first time she can accept those words without question and she doesn't need to hold his hand to feel a warmth that surges through her entire body.
Even if something is wrong with her-something bad that makes her heart want to stop beating or beat too fast-it doesn't matter because Murasaki saw something pretty in it. She always wondered why she was pushed away from the project, even though she didn't want to be a part of it to begin with. She assumed they saw something bad in it-in her. Something that didn't work, that needed fixed, that couldn't be useful, that wasn't warm enough, that could only be useful as a last resort for someone who wanted to hurt others, but-
Her heart is still pretty to a cat. If he can see something in her-the her that existed before her body was altered with pills and tests. Maybe the her that exists despite that, that's enough to make her smile.
Cats would know, is all she thinks. They saw a pretty heart in Seto too and that's something she could never argue with.]
Thank you.
[It doesn't express the extent of how she feels from his kind words and it feels lacking, even as they come out of her mouth.
And maybe-
She leans forward, one hand pressing onto ESP kitty's back to keep him in place on her lap, while the other reaches for the top of Ichimatsu's head. If she's allowed to, she's going to pet him. Because that's how you show cats you love them. And right now, she wants to give him a few little head pats.]
You're a good boy, Murasaki-chan.