[And Leslie, caught up in the moment, takes this question completely seriously. She’s going to be dying of embarrassment in about twenty minutes when she thinks back to this moment and recognizes how childish she’s being right now, but when she looks down at the little rabbit and back up at Hakuno, that worried expression is reflected back. Only she actually means it.]
Do you think so?
[If you gave her a moment to think about it, she’d know the answer is “no, it’s a doll; it doesn’t have feelings.” But she’s working off the answers of the heart right now, and like for many people who love stuffed animals, the heart is answering “that would be sad if it happened.”]
Would it be okay if I took a couple more? I know there are a lot of other people who could use them, like among the refugee children, and you’ve already given me a lot of things that I can’t make anything as good in return, but....
[She trails off, not entirely sure what she wants to say there.]
no subject
Do you think so?
[If you gave her a moment to think about it, she’d know the answer is “no, it’s a doll; it doesn’t have feelings.” But she’s working off the answers of the heart right now, and like for many people who love stuffed animals, the heart is answering “that would be sad if it happened.”]
Would it be okay if I took a couple more? I know there are a lot of other people who could use them, like among the refugee children, and you’ve already given me a lot of things that I can’t make anything as good in return, but....
[She trails off, not entirely sure what she wants to say there.]