[rei levels olivine with a Look when olivine manages to continue to blame himself. his face screams "you were a CHILD," so he doesn't bother to vocalize his counter-argument. but he understands this sort of... self-blame is deeply rooted and probably stems from his parents, so. lots to unpack emotionally and rei is ill-equipped to help olivine through it.
it's truly amazing how olivine can think so positively about the world rei hates so much. rei canNOT wrap his mind around why olivine would have such love for a world that's shoehorned him into one path with no option to explore himself, what he might like. it sounds lonely. and while rei definitely likes being alone, it's clear from olivine's forlorn expressions that he did not. and besides, rei had father. it sounds like olivine only had his parents.
and "god."]
I know you've seen how ugly the world can get. [after all, he'd heard about olivine's presence in the black market, getting tangled in with a gang there.] How can you like it, even knowing that?
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it's truly amazing how olivine can think so positively about the world rei hates so much. rei canNOT wrap his mind around why olivine would have such love for a world that's shoehorned him into one path with no option to explore himself, what he might like. it sounds lonely. and while rei definitely likes being alone, it's clear from olivine's forlorn expressions that he did not. and besides, rei had father. it sounds like olivine only had his parents.
and "god."]
I know you've seen how ugly the world can get. [after all, he'd heard about olivine's presence in the black market, getting tangled in with a gang there.] How can you like it, even knowing that?