[His expression gets a slightly dreamy quality to it, and, just for a moment, he starts absently making an odd gesture with his left hand, rubbing his thumb over the back of one of his fingers.]
Yeah. It has.
...
[He seems to gather himself and clears his throat, messing with the touchscreen panel at their table.]
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Tends to happen when you're around someone long enough.
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Been a while, I guess.
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[His expression gets a slightly dreamy quality to it, and, just for a moment, he starts absently making an odd gesture with his left hand, rubbing his thumb over the back of one of his fingers.]
Yeah. It has.
...
[He seems to gather himself and clears his throat, messing with the touchscreen panel at their table.]
...Already know what you're ordering?
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Do you?
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Yeah. Here.
[He angles the touch screen so Thorn can place an order]
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[He taps in his own order as well, then leans back, looking at the diner.]
...I know this wasn't one of the game locations, but I've been looking forward to coming back here.
Lot of good memories in this place.
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We just got it.
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Should I not spoil the surprise?
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Many good dates, for one.
I was completely crazy over you, even then. I fantasized about you nonstop.
A couple of times, when we were alone, I somehow managed to enact some of my fantasies with you here.
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[oh,]
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[he picks at his food a little, thoughtful.]
...Back then, I was scared of a lot of stupid stuff. And it kept me from saying a lot of things I probably should have said a lot earlier.
I wasted a lot of time.
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From what you said, there's still a lot of time left.
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It wasn't a good excuse to put off my own happiness, though.
Having time in the future was just luck. I should have learned from that mistake from my memories.
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I had enough at the time that I should have known better.
I knew how much I regretted not telling you how I felt about you before Insomnia fell.
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Even back then?
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I was head over heels for you while we were still in military school.
When you came over for solstice... and when you got deployed... all that time I was hiding it from you because I was scared.
And then, suddenly, it was too late.
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...I guess not so late, after all.
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Miraculously.
You think I would have learned, though, about wasting time. But even then, there was still a lot I couldn't find the courage to say.
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Lumen...
...At your point in the timeline, I'd already known for a long time that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you.
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