[She listens, pausing in her washing, her full attention turned to Dazai as he explains.
Yuri doesn't know how to fill in the gaps in his story but she can fill them in well enough, can tell how much it's hurt him, how much he's opening up by telling her this. She wants to reach out to him, but her hands are filthy from the washwater and so she doesn't.]
You've had a horrible time. [She's said that before, to Shiro, a long time ago. Her heart is breaking now as much as it did then (it's only what she does next that's different).]
It must be so hard for you to tell anyone, or to trust anyone.
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Yuri doesn't know how to fill in the gaps in his story but she can fill them in well enough, can tell how much it's hurt him, how much he's opening up by telling her this. She wants to reach out to him, but her hands are filthy from the washwater and so she doesn't.]
You've had a horrible time. [She's said that before, to Shiro, a long time ago. Her heart is breaking now as much as it did then (it's only what she does next that's different).]
It must be so hard for you to tell anyone, or to trust anyone.