[ Her answer comes relatively quickly, like the girl didn't even have to think about his words or her own this time. In fact, she's still moving as she's saying it, following Alec's directions - no longer climbing the stairs further up once they arrive on the landing, turning left, glancing at the upcoming rooms.
Like all of this is so instinctive to her. ]
I wanted to make sure you didn't feel even worse because of your power. [ Which was probably obvious, given how quick she had been to reassure him back there, even with her arms hurting like crazy. But she can't help but repeat it here - maybe since to her, this fact makes it very clear why she told him her secret without thinking twice about it. ] That felt more important.
[ Sure, Olympia thinks life would probably become miserable for her if everyone knew about her powers here, especially when they wouldn't even know her aside from that.
But she knows she'd feel even more miserable if she had a chance to help someone and just completely ignored it. ]
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[ Her answer comes relatively quickly, like the girl didn't even have to think about his words or her own this time. In fact, she's still moving as she's saying it, following Alec's directions - no longer climbing the stairs further up once they arrive on the landing, turning left, glancing at the upcoming rooms.
Like all of this is so instinctive to her. ]
I wanted to make sure you didn't feel even worse because of your power. [ Which was probably obvious, given how quick she had been to reassure him back there, even with her arms hurting like crazy. But she can't help but repeat it here - maybe since to her, this fact makes it very clear why she told him her secret without thinking twice about it. ] That felt more important.
[ Sure, Olympia thinks life would probably become miserable for her if everyone knew about her powers here, especially when they wouldn't even know her aside from that.
But she knows she'd feel even more miserable if she had a chance to help someone and just completely ignored it. ]