[ Things Ryoko similarly might say if she was capable of emotional honesty:
"I'm so used to self-reliance and the idea that anyone offering me outside help or kindness is inevitably going to use it as leverage to hurt me later that this apparently unprompted show of concern and sympathy feels like a threat that I am unable to process uncritically."
What she actually says, so indignant that she focuses on the most minor and yet, seemingly most objectionable part of this: ]
Why am I being compared to a rabbit of all things?!
[ Her voice actually cracks a little. Goodness gracious. ]
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"I'm so used to self-reliance and the idea that anyone offering me outside help or kindness is inevitably going to use it as leverage to hurt me later that this apparently unprompted show of concern and sympathy feels like a threat that I am unable to process uncritically."
What she actually says, so indignant that she focuses on the most minor and yet, seemingly most objectionable part of this: ]
Why am I being compared to a rabbit of all things?!
[ Her voice actually cracks a little. Goodness gracious. ]