[ What strength it must take, to lose not just one home, but two. To call it 'complicated' and yet not let the weight of it pull the smile away from his face. Rather than lead Pinocchio to doubt his own strength, when he continues to worry about the people he's left behind in a collapsed Krat, he wonders what might be so different in Eiden's world that he doesn't sink under the weight of its memory.
Perhaps he shared its weight with many shoulders. Maybe the strength isn't just his alone. Perhaps--
have to keep going
--there isn't any other choice. This is the one that makes the most sense, or maybe it's just the way Eiden has sought a connection, by touching him in turn. Pinocchio reflexively thinks to give him some pretty little lie, a harmless falsehood that was sure to put his heart at ease. They could talk about Eiden... or he could connect with him, and be sincere. When he might have unerringly chosen the former, he chooses the latter. ] ...Yes. But I have to keep going.
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Perhaps he shared its weight with many shoulders. Maybe the strength isn't just his alone. Perhaps--
have to keep going
--there isn't any other choice. This is the one that makes the most sense, or maybe it's just the way Eiden has sought a connection, by touching him in turn. Pinocchio reflexively thinks to give him some pretty little lie, a harmless falsehood that was sure to put his heart at ease. They could talk about Eiden... or he could connect with him, and be sincere. When he might have unerringly chosen the former, he chooses the latter. ] ...Yes. But I have to keep going.