[ at least she doesn't care . . . ! ah, the best words to hear in situations such as these. ]
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
yeah its whatever!!
[ and that's that!!! except— "devoted", and the words after that. it gets his stomach to feel warm, his lips to twist into a squiggly line as he looks down at his screen— his face might have gotten warmer too, but maybe that was just him. ]
You have this natural a8ility to draw people to you. I don't think you even realize it. Not that you'd use it intentionally if you did. And that's the point!
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
You could 8e a gr8 leader someday. Not just 8ecause of that. It's the things you say sometimes, too. The way you look at people.
[ When they'd sat on the floor of her rover and he'd seemed-- different, possessed of a bearing and a gravity she hadn't thought he could contain, and said words to her that he'd actually managed to make her believe-- ]
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
Just take it from me, Tsuna. I know gr8ness when I see it. And you're capa8le of it! If you ever manage to stop 8eing a total loser.
[ which was probably the point— he doesn't try to be, he just is. he honestly doesn't know what to say, with how much it sounds like a compliment and about what it was about. being a leader, him. ]
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
but thank you i dont want to be leader and i wont be, but
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
you believe in me for other things i wouldnt call it greatness, but i wont let you down i took this power for a reason
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FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
yeah its whatever!!
[ and that's that!!! except— "devoted", and the words after that. it gets his stomach to feel warm, his lips to twist into a squiggly line as he looks down at his screen— his face might have gotten warmer too, but maybe that was just him. ]
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
what do you mean?
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Isn't it o8vious?
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
You have this natural a8ility to draw people to you. I don't think you even realize it. Not that you'd use it intentionally if you did. And that's the point!
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
You could 8e a gr8 leader someday. Not just 8ecause of that. It's the things you say sometimes, too. The way you look at people.
[ When they'd sat on the floor of her rover and he'd seemed-- different, possessed of a bearing and a gravity she hadn't thought he could contain, and said words to her that he'd actually managed to make her believe-- ]
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
Just take it from me, Tsuna. I know gr8ness when I see it. And you're capa8le of it! If you ever manage to stop 8eing a total loser.
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it feels so normal though
[ which was probably the point— he doesn't try to be, he just is. he honestly doesn't know what to say, with how much it sounds like a compliment and about what it was about. being a leader, him. ]
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
but
thank you
i dont want to be leader and i wont be, but
FROM: sawada.tsunayoshi@cdc.org
you believe in me for other things
i wouldnt call it greatness, but i wont let you down
i took this power for a reason
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Haha.
FROM: serket.vriska@cdc.org
Why don't you want to 8e a leader, Tsuna?