coastal | lili & kaoru need less money

[...he glances at her from the corner of his eye.]

I agree with most of your list, but I haven't exactly done anything noteworthy. That's a fault of my own though that I'll fix.

[ . . . she's just going to keep looking elsewhere it's fine]

I think... you underestimate yourself a lot. You're smarter than you give yourself credit for, and have a lot of answers that people need. Even though you say that you're out of your depth, it's not as if you're giving up. That says a lot... I think that if I was in your position, not having come from a very dangerous place - I would probably just sit down and cry.

[ . . .

well, that's not a thing that she just thinks. it's something that she's been through. when she's been so afraid that she just couldn't do anything but crumble to pieces.]

You're steady - even when everything else isn't.

You give me courage to move forward.

[and she's going to nOT AT ALL LOOK AT HIM AS SHE FINISHES SPEAKING but god she hopes that's enough to heal his damn leg]

[She's...that's a lot. That's a lot, and for, like, five seconds he's actually kind of touched and he's not sure what to say? He's pondering those words, and he's about to reply--

--and then he notices his damn leg and he pauses, looking down at it and narrowing his eyes.]

--did you just do something? [Immediately accusatory!! It's not like Lili would just say all of this unprompted, so it's apparently the immediate conclusion. But he's bending and folding his leg at the knee, testing its range of motion.]