[ for the two of them that's a fairly impressive milestone, actually.
they glance over at her again, and huff, softly, tone warming up a little, enough that it's probably obvious he's smiling a little. ]
I think that's a good thing. [ at not being able to envision only being her title, anymore.
... ] ...And, I'm not, either. [ they don't specify, whether they're unable to envision her, or maybe unable to envision someone else with a similar title, and who they are underneath it, but perhaps its both. ] It's like I said a few weeks ago. You've grown a lot, Harrow. All those steps forward you've taken are steps forward, even if we stumble.
I think you're your own worst critic. [ just putting that out there. ] But I think you have. Even when we attempt to grow a beautiful garden, weeds will always find their way in. You don't set the entire thing ablaze because of a brief shock of monkshood poking up between your peonies.
[ as if aquila knows anything about gardening. unfortunately he knows a lot about metaphors and flowers so here we are. ]
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they glance over at her again, and huff, softly, tone warming up a little, enough that it's probably obvious he's smiling a little. ]
I think that's a good thing. [ at not being able to envision only being her title, anymore.
... ] ...And, I'm not, either. [ they don't specify, whether they're unable to envision her, or maybe unable to envision someone else with a similar title, and who they are underneath it, but perhaps its both. ] It's like I said a few weeks ago. You've grown a lot, Harrow. All those steps forward you've taken are steps forward, even if we stumble.
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I don't know that I have. I don't know that I like this person.
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I think you're your own worst critic. [ just putting that out there. ] But I think you have. Even when we attempt to grow a beautiful garden, weeds will always find their way in. You don't set the entire thing ablaze because of a brief shock of monkshood poking up between your peonies.
[ as if aquila knows anything about gardening. unfortunately he knows a lot about metaphors and flowers so here we are. ]
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[so the metaphor doesn't work. well, except that she's not dumb and knows what they mean.]
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[
shut up aquila. they're clearly teasing though. ] It might do you some good to learn, though, all things considered.
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[ it's not about needing a classical knowledge of flowers but it is in fact about spite and being the best at things ]
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[ bad ]
Though, maybe your own metaphorical garden shouldn't be one of them.