[With Anise resting as closely as she is, there's no way she could miss him tense up at those words. Hearing something like that... it should make him happy, shouldn't? Mentioning loved ones and him in the same breath... but there's no way she means it like that.]
[And even if she did, what would become of it? After that last conversation with Nephry, he knows now that being with Anise isn't something he could bring himself to do while he's still lying to her about his fate on Auldrant. She doesn't want to lose him... but she'll lose him for real if he's ever sent "home". Even if she doesn't realize it...]
[He's been quiet for too long, his gaze fixated on the ground. The hand holding onto Anise's is shaking.]
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[And even if she did, what would become of it? After that last conversation with Nephry, he knows now that being with Anise isn't something he could bring himself to do while he's still lying to her about his fate on Auldrant. She doesn't want to lose him... but she'll lose him for real if he's ever sent "home". Even if she doesn't realize it...]
[He's been quiet for too long, his gaze fixated on the ground. The hand holding onto Anise's is shaking.]