[ He watches the kid run around a bit longer, voice mild as he speaks. ]
You were a cute kid.
[ It's more of a throwaway comment than any sort of ingratiating flattery, a simple observation that even his people-avoidant nature can make. Kids between a certain age are cute more often than not during their best moments but consequently more terrible during their worst.
Eventually, his gaze shifts back to the dark-haired stranger, eyes and tone turning more sober. ]
If you'd rather I not look, I can close my eyes until it's over.
[ The guy doesn't seem inconsolably bothered about having a snippet of memory on display like this and he's already glimpsed part of it, but it still seems polite to ask somehow. ]
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You were a cute kid.
[ It's more of a throwaway comment than any sort of ingratiating flattery, a simple observation that even his people-avoidant nature can make. Kids between a certain age are cute more often than not during their best moments but consequently more terrible during their worst.
Eventually, his gaze shifts back to the dark-haired stranger, eyes and tone turning more sober. ]
If you'd rather I not look, I can close my eyes until it's over.
[ The guy doesn't seem inconsolably bothered about having a snippet of memory on display like this and he's already glimpsed part of it, but it still seems polite to ask somehow. ]