Oh hell, Arthur thinks, vaguely, as he stares down at the small face turned up at him. Is she going to cry? Is he going to be responsible for making this little girl cry? It's not that he has a heart that melts at the sight of a woman's tears-=he's not soft--but this isn't even a woman, this is a small girl--
--Who is also Haruno Sakura, and he has to accept that. The insistence of her reply is convincing, but it's given support by what he's seen going on in the city around him for the past days--by Morgana's strange conversion, a subtle shift that's no less dramatic than what he sees before him. Thank God Morgana didn't grow young again, he thinks distantly; that would be unbearable. This is strange enough on its own.
"No," he says, quickly, "that's not it, it's not that I don't-- look, it's difficult to believe. That's all. I remember you quite a bit... older. And taller. And probably less prone to crying." Perhaps he shouldn't have said that one aloud--she seems the sort who might cry at the mention of crying--and so, hastily, he moves on. "Er-- right. So you're Haruno Sakura. I accept that, this isn't a joke, it's just-- stupid. Now what are you saying about a class--your defense class? You can't possibly mean to teach that, not now."
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--Who is also Haruno Sakura, and he has to accept that. The insistence of her reply is convincing, but it's given support by what he's seen going on in the city around him for the past days--by Morgana's strange conversion, a subtle shift that's no less dramatic than what he sees before him. Thank God Morgana didn't grow young again, he thinks distantly; that would be unbearable. This is strange enough on its own.
"No," he says, quickly, "that's not it, it's not that I don't-- look, it's difficult to believe. That's all. I remember you quite a bit... older. And taller. And probably less prone to crying." Perhaps he shouldn't have said that one aloud--she seems the sort who might cry at the mention of crying--and so, hastily, he moves on. "Er-- right. So you're Haruno Sakura. I accept that, this isn't a joke, it's just-- stupid. Now what are you saying about a class--your defense class? You can't possibly mean to teach that, not now."