And no, not full honesty; she's right that men are often beguiled by that smile, and Adam allows himself that indulgence, but only so far. He made the mistake of trusting, once. Yaeko and Hiro, and look what that got him.
And he's under no illusion that she would disclose all herself. Everyone has their secrets, their reasons, and a secret of this magnitude means there are many more, layered beneath the surface. It becomes habit, willfully or not, to hold them close.
"From what I know," he offers, opening the note-comparison, "in my world, at my time, there was only one other person like me. And I'm not certain her regenerative ability was a precise match to mine. I never met her in person."
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And no, not full honesty; she's right that men are often beguiled by that smile, and Adam allows himself that indulgence, but only so far. He made the mistake of trusting, once. Yaeko and Hiro, and look what that got him.
And he's under no illusion that she would disclose all herself. Everyone has their secrets, their reasons, and a secret of this magnitude means there are many more, layered beneath the surface. It becomes habit, willfully or not, to hold them close.
"From what I know," he offers, opening the note-comparison, "in my world, at my time, there was only one other person like me. And I'm not certain her regenerative ability was a precise match to mine. I never met her in person."