[When one asks a question, they should be prepared for an answer, no matter what it is. Mello had given him the freedom to choose what he analyzed, and this had been the first particular event to come to mind. Near isn't ignorant of the idea that this would be painful for Mello to hear, even if causing pain had not been his express intention.]
Bear in mind, though, that just as you weren't chosen over me, I was not chosen over you, despite coming out ahead in all evaluations. In the eyes of the one whose opinion mattered most, we were on equal footing.
[He catches the bite in the words, though it isn't at such a terrible intensity.] I won't say that any of them have experienced that specific kind of loss. The one they've all shared is one that we already did by the time we arrived at the House. [Orphans, all of them. Save for that strange place where he'd been a computer program, and parentage had not been applicable.] One of them did leave, rather than take a more comfortable option, feeling there'd been nothing left for him at his home. Your position on the matter makes sense.
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Date: 2016-09-30 05:15 am (UTC)Bear in mind, though, that just as you weren't chosen over me, I was not chosen over you, despite coming out ahead in all evaluations. In the eyes of the one whose opinion mattered most, we were on equal footing.
[He catches the bite in the words, though it isn't at such a terrible intensity.] I won't say that any of them have experienced that specific kind of loss. The one they've all shared is one that we already did by the time we arrived at the House. [Orphans, all of them. Save for that strange place where he'd been a computer program, and parentage had not been applicable.] One of them did leave, rather than take a more comfortable option, feeling there'd been nothing left for him at his home. Your position on the matter makes sense.