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[That he isn't, but she still has men she trusts a lot here even if she currently doesn't also "have an arrangement with" them. ... She should really get on fixing that.]

A belief I have in someone, that they have a good heart at their very core, that they'll care for and look out for others -- me included, maybe -- as much as I and others do for them. Reliable, good, kind. It's a kind of expected bond we're somehow able to set up between us for decent reasons. To put it bluntly, when I trust someone I trust them with both my mind and my body.

A dangerous affair you deal in.

[ in other words, for as mighty and powerful as she holds herself, frühling wouldn't take such risks. she sees it as submission and the permission to control. no one but herself is privileged to such a position.

unlike maya, she's very closed off. it most probably shows in how doesn't add any more to her comment. ]

[Not even when those risks, or at least some form of them, are basically there anyway? Ask Maya if she'd rather be caught outside at the tail end of her fourth week with Izaya Orihara or comfortably in Claire Stanfield's apartment, and her answer is pretty predictable.

It is also in reaction to some very tangible risks.]

It's not dangerous, because the ones I trust most will never hurt me.

[Ironic, as her conversation partner will no doubt grasp with no backdrop of information.]

To me, such faith is a danger and such trust is a liability. Have you never been betrayed?

[By the men she's imbued with her trust the most?]

No. Never.

Then there will be a day you come to regret that naivety. Those who cannot rely on themselves will never survive.

[ zodion is something of a paradise where nothing seems to perish. with only the return of worship, the gods provide all a human could need or want. but frühling would wish for the girl to remember the land their cruise took them to, the abandon, the sparsity, the decay. death, betrayal, neglect—suffering any of these, oneself is the only dependable source.

that is, if they're strong enough to withstand it. ]

Your strength lay in healing, did it not?

[Had she the ability to read minds, it isn't like Maya would react with shock that she'd forgotten that other continent, its people and its state, at all; she hasn't, and in fact she might be said to be one of the residents here who thinks on them most often. Nor does she feel her trust in others necessitates the conclusion she doesn't rely on herself, see her own self as a very dependable resource... Right now, though, it's easiest just to address this next question. She does wonder where Frühling is going with it.]

It did.

To what extent are you able to do so?

Small injuries. A few deep cuts. All-over mending, where most of the bleeding stops and some energy's given back.

So serious injuries would be someone else's domain. A doctor's, for example. Is this performed at any personal expense?

... No.

[Why would it be? She guesses sometimes she feels tired and slow if she overuses her powers too much, but that's not really what the other is referring to, is it?]

Are you confused about what I'm asking? Balance is a universal law. There are always prices to pay. Because these abilities don't exist in my world, I'm merely curious about the specifics of it. I found out from another magic-user that his abilities are fuelled by his life force. I wished to know if your healing powers required the same.

Are we still talking about guys?

[ well. that's reeling it in. but frühling chooses not to relent. ]

In tangent. But if you wish to move on, then I must conclude that your willingness to trust your life to anyone but yourself is foolish.

It's because one person can be so vulnerable, isn't it?

[Or at least... this is sort of what she thinks Frühling is trying to say, with her entire sidetrack about the healing. Maybe?]

To be a healer implies you heal others. You use your own power to help other people, and if you use enough of it, you get weaker. Which is "foolish", because you're compromising part of yourself for others.

[ because one person can make you so vulnerable.

frühling made it a point to be that person rather the one subjected to it. ]

In summary, yes. Is another truly worth risking your life?

Yes.

Why? Does your life mean so little to you?

[... No. Definitely not that.]

It's not that my life means little to me, but that the lives of others matter so much.

Why? What do they do for you? They can be strangers, traitors, or murderers—would you still save them?

They could be that, yes. I'm not denying it. But they could also be the best people alive.

In the absence of knowing anything else, I'm going to believe in just the goodness of people.

You certainly have perseverance.

[ that much she'll give. but now to circle back to where they started. ]

Are men all you really wanted to talk about with me? There's no one else I can mention.

[She'll take that.]

Yeah. It kind of was. That's okay, the ones you did mention sound pretty interesting.

Perhaps. Will you look them up?

Would it give you trouble if I did?

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