Exactly as you had. You simply should not have allowed yourself to feel shame.
[ the vial collects pollen. alhaitham takes its measure, and then, watching the little bottle of the vial fill with motes of gold, nods before he caps it. the flower bloom profusely in kaveh's hand. he leaves it there, signaling the completion of his task with the dip of his head, before the vial disappears into a pocket.
kaveh asks alhaitham what he should have done. alhaitham's answer has always been the same. congruency is only achieved by what you can control. and alhaitham's response is always, as always, from alhaitham's point of view. but that does not mean that alhaitham is unaware of the spiral that has taken ahold of kaveh. kaveh's emotions are the one thing he cannot, will not, cede.
so instead: ]
You are yourself when you are with me. [ alhaitham says, with clarity. ] You do not need to be anything or anyone else. If you choose to want something, you should choose not to want to be someone else.
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[ the vial collects pollen. alhaitham takes its measure, and then, watching the little bottle of the vial fill with motes of gold, nods before he caps it. the flower bloom profusely in kaveh's hand. he leaves it there, signaling the completion of his task with the dip of his head, before the vial disappears into a pocket.
kaveh asks alhaitham what he should have done. alhaitham's answer has always been the same. congruency is only achieved by what you can control. and alhaitham's response is always, as always, from alhaitham's point of view. but that does not mean that alhaitham is unaware of the spiral that has taken ahold of kaveh. kaveh's emotions are the one thing he cannot, will not, cede.
so instead: ]
You are yourself when you are with me. [ alhaitham says, with clarity. ] You do not need to be anything or anyone else. If you choose to want something, you should choose not to want to be someone else.
Instead, you should choose to merely want.