【♈】 arisen anew …

==> Make your way uptown.

You hadn't meant to make him lose the ephemeral happiness you had sparked in him, but you had anyway. You did not want to ask any questions that would make him feel worse, but you knew it was best to get them over with now... it would be less than ideal to drag them up later. Especially considering how it could possibly be too late in some scenarios, in a city such as this. His answer to your question, however, made your brow furrow. It had honestly bugged you to hear such a self-perception, and it gave a bit more fire to your usually listless voice. "... Why would it matter if you are not the 'good child'? What difference would it make? If you know you can be nice, and that you try to be, even if you occasionally fail, or even do not want to be-- why should you have to do any more than that? Be any more than that? Why does it matter what others see in you, if they do not see you? That is their own issue, their own ignorance, is it not?" You took in a deep breath after your flurry of rhetorical questions, trying to calm your building agitation. You continued to look him in the eyes, your gaze striking. "I see no difference in you than in anyone else. Some people are inclined to be cruel, yet learn how to be kind. Others, the opposite. Either way, what you do with your life is entirely your choice... even if it doesn't seem to be, even if it is only on the inside. If others cannot recognise you are your own person, then... they do not matter."

w0nderful. alas, i d0 n0t have any padded cases... i ap0l0gise. i simply have s0me unused t00ls, is all. and yes, i have indeed n0ticed the church. i shall be there pr0mptly. at what time d0 y0u want me?