[It's that slight hint of distance that concerns her. But she can't do anything but worry about it for now, filing away information to bring up again later.]
Someone that's afraid of being alone.
[Which is recently something she's very afraid of. So she's more speaking on herself than him when she says it, though it kills her that it applies to him too.]
That fear can make you cruel or cowardly. But it doesn't with you, Newt. It makes you love with your entire heart. And maybe it makes you desperate sometimes. But you are never pathetic. If anyone walks all over you because you have a good heart, that makes them the pathetic one.
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Someone that's afraid of being alone.
[Which is recently something she's very afraid of. So she's more speaking on herself than him when she says it, though it kills her that it applies to him too.]
That fear can make you cruel or cowardly. But it doesn't with you, Newt. It makes you love with your entire heart. And maybe it makes you desperate sometimes. But you are never pathetic. If anyone walks all over you because you have a good heart, that makes them the pathetic one.