[Which sounds simple enough, but it isn't quite. Hearing the rustling has stopped, he decides to meet her gaze again.]
Maybe you don't feel like the other Meridian will ever accept you. But in my world, you would have a place. [Vague enough, so he elaborates--] I was a leader in my world. And my dream was to change everything, so that no one would feel like others look down on them for who or what they are. That they'd be accepted without any precondition, without feeling like they have to hide away or change just to survive...
[He trails off, offers his golden Shard to her in the palm of his hand.] Maybe it sounds naive, or unrealistic. I know. But if you don't believe in me, then you might as well take this thing and smash it against the wall. Because if I can't convince you, then I'm never going to achieve my dream.
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[Which sounds simple enough, but it isn't quite. Hearing the rustling has stopped, he decides to meet her gaze again.]
Maybe you don't feel like the other Meridian will ever accept you. But in my world, you would have a place. [Vague enough, so he elaborates--] I was a leader in my world. And my dream was to change everything, so that no one would feel like others look down on them for who or what they are. That they'd be accepted without any precondition, without feeling like they have to hide away or change just to survive...
[He trails off, offers his golden Shard to her in the palm of his hand.] Maybe it sounds naive, or unrealistic. I know. But if you don't believe in me, then you might as well take this thing and smash it against the wall. Because if I can't convince you, then I'm never going to achieve my dream.