[It's not much of a comfort. Or rather -- it's a comfort for the wrong thing. It's a comfort for Hajime's sometimes-still-lacking self-esteem, the feeling that people who are so incredible, so talented, wouldn't want someone like him to be around them.
But it doesn't help at all with the very real possibility that he might just... go out on an expedition, and never return. It makes him want to find someone to go with him, any time he might go out. But he also doesn't want to take anyone away from anyone else, either. If something happens...
He blinks, trying to focus on what Dirk is holding out to him, and reaches out his hand to take it before he really realizes what it is. Oh. An orange slice.]
Thanks. That... means a lot for you to say.
[So while he still looks miserable, he pops the orange slice into his mouth to suck on the juice. So of course now he just looks miserable and ridiculous, because no one can be taken seriously when they have the rind of an orange between their lips like a weird smile.]
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But it doesn't help at all with the very real possibility that he might just... go out on an expedition, and never return. It makes him want to find someone to go with him, any time he might go out. But he also doesn't want to take anyone away from anyone else, either. If something happens...
He blinks, trying to focus on what Dirk is holding out to him, and reaches out his hand to take it before he really realizes what it is. Oh. An orange slice.]
Thanks. That... means a lot for you to say.
[So while he still looks miserable, he pops the orange slice into his mouth to suck on the juice. So of course now he just looks miserable and ridiculous, because no one can be taken seriously when they have the rind of an orange between their lips like a weird smile.]