[Natsume sits there for a while, listening while his cat-like eyes grow larger with every sentence. Letting Maruki's words have a chance to really sink in even after he's finished speaking.
He's been hurt so many times in his life, and he knows there must have been something in Cater's past for him to act the way he did sometimes. They'd already hurt enough over the flower disease, in his opinion. He knew they still had some bumps to get through...
Everything Maruki said struck a chord in Natsume.
Finally, there's only one thing Natsume can manage in response.]
They really weren't paying you enough when you were a counselor, Maruki-san.
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He's been hurt so many times in his life, and he knows there must have been something in Cater's past for him to act the way he did sometimes. They'd already hurt enough over the flower disease, in his opinion. He knew they still had some bumps to get through...
Everything Maruki said struck a chord in Natsume.
Finally, there's only one thing Natsume can manage in response.]
They really weren't paying you enough when you were a counselor, Maruki-san.