[ Ai's too good at holding a smile when she really doesn't want to for her expression to fall even a bit — but something in her eyes shifts and seems to go a little cold, matching the ice that's just skittered down her spine. It's not like it's the first time she's heard people tell her things like that; of course she hears it all the time from kids of all ages, I wanted to sing because of you, watching you made me want to be an idol, I always dreamed of getting to Awaken and be a Dreamer like you. She hears it and smiles even if she has all manner of less shiny feelings about the idea of someone following in her footsteps but it doesn't usually stop her in her tracks like this.
Maybe it's because none of them have ever said anything that's made her think Ah. Me too.
A bunch of pithy reassurances roll around in her head but she can't manage to make herself voice any of them. Even so, the question that comes out in their place surprises her. ]
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Maybe it's because none of them have ever said anything that's made her think Ah. Me too.
A bunch of pithy reassurances roll around in her head but she can't manage to make herself voice any of them. Even so, the question that comes out in their place surprises her. ]
Connor-kun... what is it you want to do?