[There it is. The monologue returns in full, where Seymour says a lot of things while saying nothing at all. This guy's way of speaking feels a bit too carefully constructed, like he's reading off a script instead of speaking his mind. Kidou can't help but be a bit wary of that.
For a moment, there's a crack in Kidou's calm mask, a flicker of surprised pain that's hastily suppressed. Seymour speaks of meanings stripped from what's most important, and Kidou instantly has his own context for that; the kind of soccer he holds dear. This guy can't possibly know how close that hits to home. He's projecting. Guessing. Cold reading. One of those.]
It's only to be expected that there would be differences.
...
[He pauses there, quickly searching for a neutral sentence to convey what he wants to - no, has to - say. It will be a second or two before he continues. Carefully constructing his own words right back.]
It doesn't take away the meaning of something in one world for a different meaning to exist in another. Both meanings will exist. All that's changed is our finding out these things could be something else.
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For a moment, there's a crack in Kidou's calm mask, a flicker of surprised pain that's hastily suppressed. Seymour speaks of meanings stripped from what's most important, and Kidou instantly has his own context for that; the kind of soccer he holds dear. This guy can't possibly know how close that hits to home. He's projecting. Guessing. Cold reading. One of those.]
It's only to be expected that there would be differences.
...
[He pauses there, quickly searching for a neutral sentence to convey what he wants to - no, has to - say. It will be a second or two before he continues. Carefully constructing his own words right back.]
It doesn't take away the meaning of something in one world for a different meaning to exist in another. Both meanings will exist. All that's changed is our finding out these things could be something else.