You two had more in common than you had differences. You weren't just a mentor, you were a peer. As High Elder, she didn't really have that before she met you.
You made her feel less alone.
[He says it so easily because Dan Heng makes him feel the same way.]
... I know what it's like to feel as if you can't reclaim part of yourself. But you learned what you could, and you still have the power to help others as you are now.
[He smiles a little, as confident as he sounds.]
You are fine just the way you are, [he says, planting another kiss in Dan Heng's hair,] —I promise.
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You made her feel less alone.
[He says it so easily because Dan Heng makes him feel the same way.]
... I know what it's like to feel as if you can't reclaim part of yourself. But you learned what you could, and you still have the power to help others as you are now.
[He smiles a little, as confident as he sounds.]
You are fine just the way you are, [he says, planting another kiss in Dan Heng's hair,] —I promise.