[She actually looks a little apologetic about it, even though she knows he's aware of her... special circumstances.]
It's funny -- this place has given me so many opportunities I never would have had otherwise.
[She smiles through that, though it's a sober, slip of one. He's also aware of the complications related to that; talking about the newness of her chances for things like this is less troubling when she's telling people without his understanding, people who don't know what she really means by that. But all the same, she is not sad. This chance is a beautiful one. As if to offset the less desirable connotations, she smiles more widely again, and, pleasantly,]
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[She actually looks a little apologetic about it, even though she knows he's aware of her... special circumstances.]
It's funny -- this place has given me so many opportunities I never would have had otherwise.
[She smiles through that, though it's a sober, slip of one. He's also aware of the complications related to that; talking about the newness of her chances for things like this is less troubling when she's telling people without his understanding, people who don't know what she really means by that. But all the same, she is not sad. This chance is a beautiful one. As if to offset the less desirable connotations, she smiles more widely again, and, pleasantly,]
Like being here with you.