[He doesn't seem offended nor particularly bothered by Yashiro's words; if anything, Sycamore seems...tired. This topic will never be an easy one, no matter how many times he and Lysandre talk about it. No matter how many times he thinks about what happened back in Kalos. What's done is done.]
You remember our last conversation? Where we spoke of their happiness.
[He knows he doesn't have to specify who he's talking about. Sycamore tilts his coffee cup back and forth, watching the liquid slide up the sides.]
It's not really our place to decide that, is it? But we naturally want to, because of how much we love them. We think we know what would make them the happiest, even if they disagree. When you desperately want what is best for someone...
[...]
...I know that it is hard. But please, Yashiro...stop fixating on how much you wish Doumeki was back in Tokyo, and instead...focus on appreciating every moment you have here with the man you love. When you end up consumed by what you think is right, you miss what's actually happening before your eyes.
I don't want you to learn that the hard way.
[There's an unspoken 'as I did' there, but...well, he's said enough for now.]
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[He doesn't seem offended nor particularly bothered by Yashiro's words; if anything, Sycamore seems...tired. This topic will never be an easy one, no matter how many times he and Lysandre talk about it. No matter how many times he thinks about what happened back in Kalos. What's done is done.]
You remember our last conversation? Where we spoke of their happiness.
[He knows he doesn't have to specify who he's talking about. Sycamore tilts his coffee cup back and forth, watching the liquid slide up the sides.]
It's not really our place to decide that, is it? But we naturally want to, because of how much we love them. We think we know what would make them the happiest, even if they disagree. When you desperately want what is best for someone...
[...]
...I know that it is hard. But please, Yashiro...stop fixating on how much you wish Doumeki was back in Tokyo, and instead...focus on appreciating every moment you have here with the man you love. When you end up consumed by what you think is right, you miss what's actually happening before your eyes.
I don't want you to learn that the hard way.
[There's an unspoken 'as I did' there, but...well, he's said enough for now.]