Well, this is escalating rather rapidly. In a way Alice is increasingly unsure of how to deal with. She has never been good with these things, after all, lacking the social experience necessary to know how to properly comfort someone. Over the years she's grown so used to hurting that Alice is no longer sure whether she can really still do the opposite of that at all.
But just watching the other girl as Nike is on the verge of crying feels a little too awkward as well. Nike may be odd, sure, but.. has odd ever been a bad thing to Alice of all people?
She stands up, slowly reaching out to put her hand on the other's shoulder. It's an awkward gesture, weirdly hesitant compared to the rest of Alice's.. well, everything, really, but it does land on that shoulder.
"Who cares about normal? Nobody is here is normal."
.. Well. Mostly. But this isn't the time for nuance.
"If you're hurt, then hurt. Don't care what anyone else thinks of it. Nothing is more valid than your own feelings, and no one can take those away from you." As much as Alice is very, very capital A awkward with comforting others, at least this is easy to say. Because she fully believes in it, especially what happened to her personally back home.
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Well, this is escalating rather rapidly. In a way Alice is increasingly unsure of how to deal with. She has never been good with these things, after all, lacking the social experience necessary to know how to properly comfort someone. Over the years she's grown so used to hurting that Alice is no longer sure whether she can really still do the opposite of that at all.
But just watching the other girl as Nike is on the verge of crying feels a little too awkward as well. Nike may be odd, sure, but.. has odd ever been a bad thing to Alice of all people?
She stands up, slowly reaching out to put her hand on the other's shoulder. It's an awkward gesture, weirdly hesitant compared to the rest of Alice's.. well, everything, really, but it does land on that shoulder.
"Who cares about normal? Nobody is here is normal."
.. Well. Mostly. But this isn't the time for nuance.
"If you're hurt, then hurt. Don't care what anyone else thinks of it. Nothing is more valid than your own feelings, and no one can take those away from you." As much as Alice is very, very capital A awkward with comforting others, at least this is easy to say. Because she fully believes in it, especially what happened to her personally back home.