No, it's not that - just the opposite, actually. The surprise is that you considered me as meeting your standards.
[If his voiced opinions that day about someone who was unable to win being just a loser were, as Mello thought, evidence of his estimation for anyone who wasn't number one, it's no surprise that Mello assumed that he was included in that group. What use, then, is partnering with just a loser? Not a partnership at all. Mello's gaze drops to the edge of the topmost stair as he runs his thumb along it, pressing a deep groove into his skin.]
I know you said you've been other people before, Near, but I don't think you understand what it's like to be someone else in relation to you.
[Namely, someone like Mello - someone who has always existed in Near's shadow.]
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Date: 2016-09-05 04:47 pm (UTC)[If his voiced opinions that day about someone who was unable to win being just a loser were, as Mello thought, evidence of his estimation for anyone who wasn't number one, it's no surprise that Mello assumed that he was included in that group. What use, then, is partnering with just a loser? Not a partnership at all. Mello's gaze drops to the edge of the topmost stair as he runs his thumb along it, pressing a deep groove into his skin.]
I know you said you've been other people before, Near, but I don't think you understand what it's like to be someone else in relation to you.
[Namely, someone like Mello - someone who has always existed in Near's shadow.]