[His eyes flicker all so slightly at her words. Nephry springing that on him - Professor Nebilim's presence here - it had caught him offguard. For an odd moment, the most bizarre and unexpected moment, he felt vulnerable. And he thought that in this case, asking about her himself could give him control over the situation. Dissect the information himself, rather than have it shoved at him. Still, her wording is enough to almost throw him off.
She was my teacher.
But her return question at least answers itself some of his planned follow-up questions. He needed to know how much Anise knew about the connection between himself and Gelda. But now Anise had revealed that she knew nothing at all of it. And it put him in a unique position.
Back home, he had told them all. Entrusted the information to them - and they accepted it. Against Jade's better judgement, they still accepted him as a human being. but he only told them because of what had happened - because they had fought Gelda's replica together. Because they'd all gotten dragged into his finest mess. Now he was dealing with an Anise of the past, one whom had yet to experience her own most terrible mistake. It wasn't a simple matter of wondering whether or not Anise would judge him. It was wondering whether or not it was really so necessary to dispense this information in this very different context. So he keeps his own answer simple and short.]
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She was my teacher.
But her return question at least answers itself some of his planned follow-up questions. He needed to know how much Anise knew about the connection between himself and Gelda. But now Anise had revealed that she knew nothing at all of it. And it put him in a unique position.
Back home, he had told them all. Entrusted the information to them - and they accepted it. Against Jade's better judgement, they still accepted him as a human being. but he only told them because of what had happened - because they had fought Gelda's replica together. Because they'd all gotten dragged into his finest mess. Now he was dealing with an Anise of the past, one whom had yet to experience her own most terrible mistake. It wasn't a simple matter of wondering whether or not Anise would judge him. It was wondering whether or not it was really so necessary to dispense this information in this very different context. So he keeps his own answer simple and short.]
Mm, years ago. But that's irrelevant.