[ The reasonable response would be an immediate, 'no,' but Naminé hesitates to send it. Instead she explains it to him as she explains it to herself; ]
Not exactly. It's not something that belonged to me before. I only found it the other day when all of that stuff was falling from the sky.
[ Like most of the objects being offered up here, probably. ]
But
[ Because there is a 'but', isn't there? ]
I really wanted to see it working. I've never had very many things that belonged to me just pencils and paper. Definitely not any pretty ones, or anything that did very much. And it reminded me of one of the worlds I know of so I thought it would be nice to be able to keep it.
Besides I don't like it when something's broken.
[ That's not too strange, is it? To want to help, even if the thing you're helping isn't a person? But maybe that comes from having spent so long not being treated like a person, herself. ]
If you can fix it instead I'd be grateful but I'm not sure what else I could give you.
[ -- Oh. Belatedly, ]
And I don't have a great-great-grandfather, so you don't have to worry about that.
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Not exactly.
It's not something that belonged to me before.
I only found it the other day when all of that stuff was falling from the sky.
[ Like most of the objects being offered up here, probably. ]
But
[ Because there is a 'but', isn't there? ]
I really wanted to see it working.
I've never had very many things that belonged to me
just pencils and paper.
Definitely not any pretty ones, or anything that did very much.
And it reminded me of one of the worlds I know of
so I thought it would be nice to be able to keep it.
Besides
I don't like it when something's broken.
[ That's not too strange, is it? To want to help, even if the thing you're helping isn't a person? But maybe that comes from having spent so long not being treated like a person, herself. ]
If you can fix it instead I'd be grateful
but I'm not sure what else I could give you.
[ -- Oh. Belatedly, ]
And I don't have a great-great-grandfather, so you don't have to worry about that.