"Awareness! Yes!" Jingyi agrees immediately, pressing their shoulders together.
"I like you a lot, you know," he makes sure to inform Sizhui, just in case that might not be clear. But what Sizhui says makes sense to him and he continues, "And I do not think I...could choose based on something you told me? Well, maybe I would, but I am pretty sure I would have lots of thoughts about whether or not I agreed, or whether or not the other me in your dreams or weird time travel reality thing was telling you the truth or not. Or--well, there were two of you there, but you are the only one I wanted to kiss. Maybe the other me would not have been me-me, but some other me--"
He stops, stricken, and gives Sizhui a wide-eyed look and grabs his arm. "Oh no, that would be terrible. Forget I said that. Then you would be here with the wrong me, and that is worse than anything."
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"I like you a lot, you know," he makes sure to inform Sizhui, just in case that might not be clear. But what Sizhui says makes sense to him and he continues, "And I do not think I...could choose based on something you told me? Well, maybe I would, but I am pretty sure I would have lots of thoughts about whether or not I agreed, or whether or not the other me in your dreams or weird time travel reality thing was telling you the truth or not. Or--well, there were two of you there, but you are the only one I wanted to kiss. Maybe the other me would not have been me-me, but some other me--"
He stops, stricken, and gives Sizhui a wide-eyed look and grabs his arm. "Oh no, that would be terrible. Forget I said that. Then you would be here with the wrong me, and that is worse than anything."