[Maybe it shouldn't make a difference, being forgiven - doing a bad thing is doing a bad thing, and forgiveness doesn't undo it - but Aoba feels overwhelming relief all the same. This is the one aspect of their occasional communication issues that he can't stand. Of course he'll work on understanding Clear, and on making himself understood - but accidentally hurting Clear? It's just too cruel! After everything Clear's been through, he deserves nothing but happiness.]
Of course not. I didn't mean it that way at all. [Sighing softly, he relaxes on top of Clear, flattening as if Clear stroking his back irons out his body.] It's just that... I never thought of your being a machine as a bad thing. Maybe it was a little strange at first, but... I knew something about you was different. So when I found out you were a robot, I just thought: "Ah, that's it. That's the part of Clear I was missing."
[All things considered, Aoba would probably be better off shutting up, but he has something to set right, and he's giving it his best try.]
Maybe it's complicated, being an android, but being a human is complicated, too. It's what you are, even if it's not who you are. And I think, if you weren't an android... if you hadn't been developed the way you were, we might never have met. We wouldn't have gone to Platinum Jail, we wouldn't have faced Toue...
[And so, so much more, but Aoba would honestly rather forget about the time Clear was broken, thank you very much. The bottom line is what's important.]
... you wouldn't have become my Clear. [Rather than possessive, it comes out as a very fragile thing. For better or worse, Aoba will never take Clear's presence for granted again.]
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Of course not. I didn't mean it that way at all. [Sighing softly, he relaxes on top of Clear, flattening as if Clear stroking his back irons out his body.] It's just that... I never thought of your being a machine as a bad thing. Maybe it was a little strange at first, but... I knew something about you was different. So when I found out you were a robot, I just thought: "Ah, that's it. That's the part of Clear I was missing."
[All things considered, Aoba would probably be better off shutting up, but he has something to set right, and he's giving it his best try.]
Maybe it's complicated, being an android, but being a human is complicated, too. It's what you are, even if it's not who you are. And I think, if you weren't an android... if you hadn't been developed the way you were, we might never have met. We wouldn't have gone to Platinum Jail, we wouldn't have faced Toue...
[And so, so much more, but Aoba would honestly rather forget about the time Clear was broken, thank you very much. The bottom line is what's important.]
... you wouldn't have become my Clear. [Rather than possessive, it comes out as a very fragile thing. For better or worse, Aoba will never take Clear's presence for granted again.]