[He worries his lip, shakes his head. Secrets. He is a little tired of secrets, especially secrets that he doesn't think Daneca should have to keep. But he keeps them for her anyway, though they exhaust him. She's kept enough for him over the years, for worse reasons.]
She needs to learn she doesn't need to be fixed.
[One of those things Cassel had to learn in his own way, too. He learned to, if not love his work, at least see it as something that is part of him, not something that casts him out.]
[Daneca hasn't yet. He wants her to, so desperately - it's important to him in a way he realizes he has no right to. But for someone so whole, she seems to feel so fragmented by something that's intrinsically part of her.]
[If she wants her work taken away, so be it. But Cassel wishes she would have the time to see that she doesn't have to.]
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She needs to learn she doesn't need to be fixed.
[One of those things Cassel had to learn in his own way, too. He learned to, if not love his work, at least see it as something that is part of him, not something that casts him out.]
[Daneca hasn't yet. He wants her to, so desperately - it's important to him in a way he realizes he has no right to. But for someone so whole, she seems to feel so fragmented by something that's intrinsically part of her.]
[If she wants her work taken away, so be it. But Cassel wishes she would have the time to see that she doesn't have to.]