[It's Leslie's turn to look surprised. Are you a mind-reader, Marquis Vestra?! ...is not quite what she thinks, but it does seem she still underestimates how much she wears her heart on her sleeve here. (It hasn't quite been a year since she first met someone who cared enough to look, after all.)]
...Thank you. I'll -- I'll do that. But please tell me if you're in the middle of something important when I come.
[There's a short pause, but she looks as though she has more to say. He's not the only one dissatisfied with something the other said.]
It's not true, that you don't know much else about being --
[Would it be "my guardian," when he said her guardianship? She stumbles over it and says something less intense to her.]
-- about looking after me. You've always been very kind to me, ever since I arrived. And...I think, without you, I would have been terrified of fire for the rest of my life.
[It isn't that she's not still afraid of fire. She thought when Mikasa had taught her some things about simple baking that she'd learn how to bake and cook and help out with that. Everything went fine until the moment she tried to place the bread into an oven heated by either wood-fed fire or gas-fed fire. And she still can't bring herself to confront the stove -- certainly not on a daily basis, at least.]
[But the difference between now and half a year ago is large enough for Leslie to see even through her own self-doubt. That wouldn't have happened if Hubert had not seen where the problem was and worked with her to take the small steps she could manage over and over again. It's not the only example of a time Hubert has done things for her, but it's a very important one.]
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...Thank you. I'll -- I'll do that. But please tell me if you're in the middle of something important when I come.
[There's a short pause, but she looks as though she has more to say. He's not the only one dissatisfied with something the other said.]
It's not true, that you don't know much else about being --
[Would it be "my guardian," when he said her guardianship? She stumbles over it and says something less intense to her.]
-- about looking after me. You've always been very kind to me, ever since I arrived. And...I think, without you, I would have been terrified of fire for the rest of my life.
[It isn't that she's not still afraid of fire. She thought when Mikasa had taught her some things about simple baking that she'd learn how to bake and cook and help out with that. Everything went fine until the moment she tried to place the bread into an oven heated by either wood-fed fire or gas-fed fire. And she still can't bring herself to confront the stove -- certainly not on a daily basis, at least.]
[But the difference between now and half a year ago is large enough for Leslie to see even through her own self-doubt. That wouldn't have happened if Hubert had not seen where the problem was and worked with her to take the small steps she could manage over and over again. It's not the only example of a time Hubert has done things for her, but it's a very important one.]