[She's not expecting to teach him anything. Honestly, it can even be argued that she's got no right to even entertain the notion. She just... got to understand that frail and broken psyche he truly held today, one he always hid so well at any other time, and witnessed just how deeply his own kindness and innocence hurt him most in the end. She already sees the problems, but can she really do anything for him about that? She's been in that position. She has ample experience with loss of purpose and loss of self. She knows all too well how nigh impossible it was to recover the gleam of a cause and obtain the will to continue pushing forward no matter how many more losses one will have to continue experiencing on the road. ...He's stubborn, too. So is she, but...
But.
Trying. Falling. Being hurt. Standing back up. Healing. Learning. Growing. Trying again.
That's what living is about, isn't it? Humans... are resilient. In abandoning himself to hopelessness, he'd be completely overlooking the astounding amount of strength from the heart and spirit that can exist within the very ones he's sworn to protect. If this is something he ignores, then he can definitely learn about it. It won't be easy by far, but that could probably do, as good as any of a starting point.
They walk.
She'll give him his gun back later. May toss him a small hand towel and chide him to wipe his face too, redo his hair while he's at it, that sort of thing. He looks like a mess right now. Times are still hectic, but these small things ought to take no time at all.
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But.
Trying. Falling. Being hurt. Standing back up. Healing. Learning. Growing. Trying again.
That's what living is about, isn't it? Humans... are resilient. In abandoning himself to hopelessness, he'd be completely overlooking the astounding amount of strength from the heart and spirit that can exist within the very ones he's sworn to protect. If this is something he ignores, then he can definitely learn about it. It won't be easy by far, but that could probably do, as good as any of a starting point.
They walk.
She'll give him his gun back later. May toss him a small hand towel and chide him to wipe his face too, redo his hair while he's at it, that sort of thing. He looks like a mess right now. Times are still hectic, but these small things ought to take no time at all.
'Forward'.
...Small miracles, hm?]