>>124532374>Also, I like the idea of her talking about her crush on Luz causing him to fall for her as well."I used to find her annoying, actually. She was just some dumb tourist hanging out with the losers after school, getting them into trouble. Everything about her irritated me, even the way she carried around little scraps of paper for the magic tricks, like some litterbug. I wonder if my irritation was just me thinking I didn't want to like her."
"You, didn't, want to like her?"
"Well, no, she was just an outsider, a passing fad for the human sycophants at Hexside... but she never gave up."
"Gave up on what?"
"On, hah, anything. On her friends, on her principles... on me. I was a far colder person before I met her. Just doing what my parents said, sticking to the plan. She showed me I don't have to accept it. I don't have to be what they want me to be."
>Hunter starts looking to the middle distance"...uh huh..."
"And somewhere along the line, I guess I realized I was feeling... something else. I was so scared to admit it, you know? Even to myself."
"...uh huh.."
"But I'm glad I did. I still don't know if she wants me back, but I, I guess I don't care. Even if never worked out, I'm glad to have been her friend, and I hope we can be more together. I'm so lucky to have met her, and I can't give up on her."
"Yeah..."
>Hunter looks down at his hands, opening and closing them"You do sound pretty lucky."
