Reid is very well aware that's rich, especially coming from him and even more especially in light of the conversation they've just had, but Hild isn't like him. She's so much more vibrant, and she's bold, bold in a way that makes her likable as opposed to the way it can make Reid alienating, and he admires her for that.
It's still strange to think of her as the lead of a narrative he's read, though he tries not to think of her in that way because the Hild he knows is the only Hild he wants to know, a vastly intelligent, kind, and courageous young woman who observes her surroundings to collect more knowledge of a world she's meant to light; and she is a light, as her mother had told her in the novel. She's proven to be a good friend to him, an even more excellent confidante, and Reid would rather think of her in those terms than on those of the author who'd created her.
"When you find the strength, you shall be rewarded," he tells her with a teasing smile, "though admittedly, you will find that while the search for someone to be with might be similar to what you know, the rules are a bit different. In terms of the city and the people in it, you would be seen as a bit too young for those who I would imagine are more likely to interest you."
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Reid is very well aware that's rich, especially coming from him and even more especially in light of the conversation they've just had, but Hild isn't like him. She's so much more vibrant, and she's bold, bold in a way that makes her likable as opposed to the way it can make Reid alienating, and he admires her for that.
It's still strange to think of her as the lead of a narrative he's read, though he tries not to think of her in that way because the Hild he knows is the only Hild he wants to know, a vastly intelligent, kind, and courageous young woman who observes her surroundings to collect more knowledge of a world she's meant to light; and she is a light, as her mother had told her in the novel. She's proven to be a good friend to him, an even more excellent confidante, and Reid would rather think of her in those terms than on those of the author who'd created her.
"When you find the strength, you shall be rewarded," he tells her with a teasing smile, "though admittedly, you will find that while the search for someone to be with might be similar to what you know, the rules are a bit different. In terms of the city and the people in it, you would be seen as a bit too young for those who I would imagine are more likely to interest you."