Warren couldn't do much else but sit dumbfounded as the bubbly woman before him basically delved through his thoughts and hopes and arranged them as politely as she could on the countertop between them. He didn't have the wherewithal to interrupt here and took a moment to reply once she finished. Warren had to consciously wipe the look of surprise off of his face.
"Uh... Yeah. Wow. You, uh, got all of it." He sounded confused, possibly struck with amazement. He reached up to scratch the back of his head, closing one eye and looking at her out of the other with his head tucked down a little. "I'm not really, shy I think, just... Sturdy? She's strong like I said, she didn't -" He paused to shake his head. "...need me. But I guess it's no secret I wanted her to, I suppose."
He smiled, still touched by her breakdown of his worries and fears. "I feel like I've been looking back for so long. It's easier than facing what comes next, you know?" Warren was confiding in her now, the prefaces of gallantry and armor and duty stripped away to reveal just a man. "But I think I can do that now. I think I have to. She... makes me want to."
It's as much of an admission to himself as it is to Aya, and he half laughed and sighed at himself. "I guess I was just the last to know it."
"Uh... Yeah. Wow. You, uh, got all of it." He sounded confused, possibly struck with amazement. He reached up to scratch the back of his head, closing one eye and looking at her out of the other with his head tucked down a little. "I'm not really, shy I think, just... Sturdy? She's strong like I said, she didn't -" He paused to shake his head. "...need me. But I guess it's no secret I wanted her to, I suppose."
He smiled, still touched by her breakdown of his worries and fears. "I feel like I've been looking back for so long. It's easier than facing what comes next, you know?" Warren was confiding in her now, the prefaces of gallantry and armor and duty stripped away to reveal just a man. "But I think I can do that now. I think I have to. She... makes me want to."
It's as much of an admission to himself as it is to Aya, and he half laughed and sighed at himself. "I guess I was just the last to know it."
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