[ she says this without condescending, or tries to anyway, because it's become clear to her that since their first talk, he certain tried. unlike so many other people, he took her words and did something with them. ]
You've capable enough on your own to have figured it out.
[She thinks he's capable? It hasn't really occurred to him that she scolds other people, too, not just him. But it also hasn't ever occurred to him to think he doesn't have something to learn from someone who scolds him.
So he's. . . kind of touched. Her opinion on him means something to him.]
[ he may be touched but it comes off strangely from an outsider's perspective. (is. that all she gets...?) ...or at least to her. izumo gives him some time before commenting on it. ]
[It was nice! He's just an awkward boy who doesn't expect to get compliments from someone like her. A lot of people encourage him, but somehow he feels like he must have actually earned this, which makes him happy.
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...you didn't need to see all of that to know it.
[ she says this without condescending, or tries to anyway, because it's become clear to her that since their first talk, he certain tried. unlike so many other people, he took her words and did something with them. ]
You've capable enough on your own to have figured it out.
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So he's. . . kind of touched. Her opinion on him means something to him.]
. . . Oh.
*been, sobs.
That's it? Just "oh"?
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No, not just oh! I - I was just surprised! Um. It was a really nice thing to say.
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was what she said nice? she just said what was on her mind. ]
Well... Credit deserves to be where credit is due.
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Of course he doesn't express this.]
Well. . . I've been trying. Thank you.
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You're welcome, I guess. [ ... ] This doesn't mean you can start slacking off—got it?