[Toko watches the girl deflate with a twinge in her chest. This exchange has taken a turn.
Ugh, she can't do this. She's terrible at this. Komaru can attest to this, really, she's no good at comforting people. It's enough to make her wish she'd go back to wailing and whining.
What's worse is that she's right. You can have the right weapons but use them in the wrong place, wrong time. Or not know how to use them at all.]
...You're not the only one without f-friends here, you know. [Not the strongest start, but she's working up to it. Toko bites her lip. Carries on.]
Look. No one's p-perfect, all right? Even if you were the smartest or the st-strongest, it wouldn't matter. You're going to mess things up. Other people win. Sometimes the bad guys win. That's how life works. Not just for you, but for everyone. Things go wrong and they've been going wrong since the b-beginning of time. But...
[Should she pat her head or something? That's going too far. She's not touchy. She barely likes to be touched. And who knows where this girl has been?]
Like I said, you're still alive. So you'll have more chances to change things. Maybe not what's already h-happened, but things up ahead? Put your focus on that. If...if there's th-things about yourself you want to change too, then it's the same. Take a look at what needs to be done, and think about what the most practical step should be. It d-doesn't have to be a big one. Just don't be a quitter. If you g-give up you might as well be dead already.
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Ugh, she can't do this. She's terrible at this. Komaru can attest to this, really, she's no good at comforting people. It's enough to make her wish she'd go back to wailing and whining.
What's worse is that she's right. You can have the right weapons but use them in the wrong place, wrong time. Or not know how to use them at all.]
...You're not the only one without f-friends here, you know. [Not the strongest start, but she's working up to it. Toko bites her lip. Carries on.]
Look. No one's p-perfect, all right? Even if you were the smartest or the st-strongest, it wouldn't matter. You're going to mess things up. Other people win. Sometimes the bad guys win. That's how life works. Not just for you, but for everyone. Things go wrong and they've been going wrong since the b-beginning of time. But...
[Should she pat her head or something? That's going too far. She's not touchy. She barely likes to be touched. And who knows where this girl has been?]
Like I said, you're still alive. So you'll have more chances to change things. Maybe not what's already h-happened, but things up ahead? Put your focus on that. If...if there's th-things about yourself you want to change too, then it's the same. Take a look at what needs to be done, and think about what the most practical step should be. It d-doesn't have to be a big one. Just don't be a quitter. If you g-give up you might as well be dead already.