[John cannot help but feel his heart lightening at Claire's response. Not that he had feared that she would disapprove of his choices, but the fact that she does not, that she supports him in it, it means quite a lot. Claire may not have the same shared experiences as he has with her, but their friendship still means a very great deal to him even so.]
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๐ ๐ผ๐พ๐น๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ. ๐๐ช๐น๐น๐. ๐๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ต๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ, ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช ๐ท๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ ๐ผ๐พ๐น๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ฝ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ช๐ญ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ. ๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐พ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ช ๐ซ๐พ๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ. ๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ต๐ฝ. ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ช๐ซ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ช๐ท, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐พ๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ธ๐๐ช๐ป๐ญ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐.
[Which is not to say that John does not think he has a kind heart. He just does not go handing it out willy nilly.
At the teasing, John cannot help but smile and tease a little back.]
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ช ๐ถ๐ช๐ท ๐ผ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ญ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ช ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ ๐ผ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ. ๐๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ท๐ต๐ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด -- ๐ช ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ? ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ-๐ฑ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ-๐ช๐ท๐ญ-๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ? ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ฝ.
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[ Claire smiles to read his words, glad that his finding this happiness for himself, finally. ]
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐.
[ If only he could hear her laugh, teasing them both. At this point, she's decided the numbers don't mean a damned thing anymore. ]
๐บ๐, ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ. ๐บ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ .