There's more to this that he doesn't understand-- why Guri is considered a thing at all, when she clearly has a mind of her own. It baffles him that such a thing would happen, or how it might come to be; but then, Esteban has the tendency to see the train as a being, rather than a thing-- something he's aware isn't shared along with everyone in the train.
"Y'r a great person, Guri. Y'r patient, an' gen'rous too. I don't know you much, an' you prob'bly don't need t' hear it from me--" his hand raises to ruffle through the short hairs at the back of his head-- "an' I bet y' already know that, but... y' don't need others t' trap you in their def'nition." It feels a bit... awkward to tell her so, but he won't back down. He can't back down.
She matters; just as much as anyone else does. Her choices and her hopes and her dreams matter, whether she keeps them entirely to herself or whether she shares them with her companions, they are so important.
"I'm happy that I met you. I'm happy that I get t' be y'r friend." He can't offer much to them, these precious beings that he's met. But he can hold them dear. He can offer them that much.
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"Y'r a great person, Guri. Y'r patient, an' gen'rous too. I don't know you much, an' you prob'bly don't need t' hear it from me--" his hand raises to ruffle through the short hairs at the back of his head-- "an' I bet y' already know that, but... y' don't need others t' trap you in their def'nition." It feels a bit... awkward to tell her so, but he won't back down. He can't back down.
She matters; just as much as anyone else does. Her choices and her hopes and her dreams matter, whether she keeps them entirely to herself or whether she shares them with her companions, they are so important.
"I'm happy that I met you. I'm happy that I get t' be y'r friend." He can't offer much to them, these precious beings that he's met. But he can hold them dear. He can offer them that much.