[ It'll be a balancing act to get to that point of 'free' next to "willing." Want has both very little and very much to do with it. Wanting to give back because accepting without earning isn't how she works. It's why she avoids the "gifts" given to imPorts, why she turns them down or downplays involvement, simply to not have more to hold herself accountable to in the end.
Why what she does make hers matters, and why she's willing to let it go, too; Minako's theft is more troubling for what it says than for the loss of clothing. Annie doesn't care about clothing in the end. It's the message... that's the insult.
And Annie is able to be insulted, unfortunately. ]
[He gets the insult behind the theft, more than leaves him comfortable, and doesn't want to end up in those same waters. Granted, nothing he's done that could be taken as insulting was done on purpose, not like that. Bubbly waters, shirts, providing her a place or two to stop by if she ever felt like it, those were purposeful, but not with the purpose to change her. Not a demand, an invitation.
Just like how he'd reel in a fish.
There is a joke he's holding back on. You will? No, I'm Will. Maybe another day.]
I'll look forward to it.
[Free child slave labor? Not that. Not that at all.]
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Why what she does make hers matters, and why she's willing to let it go, too; Minako's theft is more troubling for what it says than for the loss of clothing. Annie doesn't care about clothing in the end. It's the message... that's the insult.
And Annie is able to be insulted, unfortunately. ]
I will.
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Just like how he'd reel in a fish.
There is a joke he's holding back on. You will? No, I'm Will. Maybe another day.]
I'll look forward to it.
[Free child slave labor? Not that. Not that at all.]