"Not literally, because if I had that aspect of myself, that potential to appreciate that kind of hotness as hotness, Cheliax ruined it for me far past my own ability to put it back together again."

"Metaphorically, I suppose, yes."

"What you've become - isn't, I think, the best Pilar Pineda you could have possibly become, even from the starting point where we first met in Ostenso.  If we were just considering the person you became for yourself, and not considering your effects on anyone else, or the story all around us."

"But what you became instead is stronger, and prouder, and finding new parts of herself and new ways to be happy.  I can celebrate that even if other people get hurt, even if I think it wasn't the best possible outcome for you personally, even if I wish our whole universe hadn't been shaped the way it was.  To say that I can appreciate some aspects of the more grownup Pilar, isn't to say anything one way or another, about whether it's a good thing on net.  I can celebrate, even, that our world has somebody in you in it, even as I wish it didn't have anyone like you in it.  Rightness and wrongness don't cancel."

"Not literally, because if I had that aspect of myself, that potential to appreciate that kind of hotness as hotness, Cheliax ruined it for me far past my own ability to put it back together again."

"Metaphorically, I suppose, yes."

"What you've become - isn't, I think, the best Pilar Pineda you could have possibly become, even from the starting point where we first met in Ostenso.  If we were just considering the person you became for yourself, and not considering your effects on anyone else."

"But what you became instead is stronger, and prouder, and finding new parts of herself and new ways to be happy.  I can celebrate that even if other people get hurt, even if I think it wasn't the best possible outcome for you personally, even if I wish our whole universe hadn't been shaped the way it was.  To say that I can appreciate some aspects of the more grownup Pilar, isn't to say anything one way or another, about whether it's a good thing on net.  I can celebrate, even, that our world has somebody in you in it, even as I wish it didn't have anyone like you in it.  Rightness and wrongness don't cancel."

"Not literally, because if I had that aspect of myself, that potential to appreciate that kind of hotness as hotness, Cheliax ruined it for me far past my own ability to put it back together again."

"Metaphorically, I suppose, yes."

"What you've become - isn't, I think, the best Pilar Pineda you could have possibly become, even from the starting point where we first met in Ostenso.  If we were just considering the person you became for yourself, and not considering your effects on anyone else."

"But what you became instead is stronger, and prouder, and finding new parts of herself and new ways to be happy.  I can celebrate that even if other people get hurt, even if I think it wasn't the best possible outcome for you personally, even if I wish our whole universe hadn't been shaped the way it was.  To say that I can appreciate some aspects of the more grownup Pilar, isn't to say anything one way or another, about whether it's a good thing on net.  I can celebrate, even, that our world has somebody in you in it, even as I wish it didn't have anyone like you in it.  Badness and goodness don't cancel."

"Not literally, because if I had that aspect of myself, that potential to appreciate that kind of hotness as hotness, Cheliax ruined it for me far past my own ability to put it back together again."

"Metaphorically, I suppose, yes."

"What you've become - isn't, I think, the best Pilar Pineda you could have possibly become, even from the starting point where we first met in Ostenso.  If we were just considering the person you became for yourself, and not considering your effects on anyone else."

"But what you became instead is stronger, and prouder, and finding new parts of herself and new ways to be happy.  I can celebrate that even if other people get hurt, even if I think it wasn't the best possible outcome for you personally, even if I wish our whole universe hadn't been shaped the way it was.  To say that I can appreciate some aspects of the more grownup Pilar, isn't to say anything one way or another, about whether it's a good thing on net.  I can celebrate, even, that our world has somebody like you in it, even as I wish it didn't have anyone like you in it.  Badness and goodness don't cancel."

"Not literally, because if I had that aspect of myself, that potential to appreciate that kind of hotness as hotness, Cheliax ruined it for me far past my own ability to put it back together again."

"Metaphorically, I suppose, yes."

"What you've become - isn't, I think, the best Pilar Pineda you could have possibly become, even from the starting point where we first met in Ostenso.  If we were just considering the person you became for yourself, and not considering your effects on anyone else."

"But what you became instead is stronger than you were, and prouder, and finding new parts of herself and new ways to be happy.  I can celebrate that even if other people get hurt, even if I think it wasn't the best possible outcome for you personally, even if I wish our whole universe hadn't been shaped the way it was.  To say that I can appreciate some aspects of the more grownup Pilar, isn't to say anything one way or another, about whether it's a good thing on net.  I can celebrate, even, that our world has somebody like you in it, even as I wish it didn't have anyone like you in it.  Badness and goodness don't cancel."

"Not literally, because if I had such an aspect of myself, a potential to appreciate that kind of hotness, Cheliax ruined it for me far past my own ability to put it back together again."

"Metaphorically, I suppose, yes."

"What you've become - isn't, I think, the best Pilar Pineda you could have possibly become, even from the starting point where we first met in Ostenso.  If we were just considering the person you became for yourself, and not considering your effects on anyone else."

"But what you became instead is stronger than you were, and prouder, and finding new parts of herself and new ways to be happy.  I can celebrate that even if other people get hurt, even if I think it wasn't the best possible outcome for you personally, even if I wish our whole universe hadn't been shaped the way it was.  To say that I can appreciate some aspects of the more grownup Pilar, isn't to say anything one way or another, about whether it's a good thing on net.  I can celebrate, even, that our world has somebody like you in it, even as I wish it didn't have anyone like you in it.  Badness and goodness don't cancel."

"Not literally, because if I had such an aspect of myself, a potential to appreciate that kind of hotness, Cheliax ruined it for me far past my own ability to put it back together again."

"Metaphorically, I suppose, yes."

"What you've become - isn't, I think, the best Pilar Pineda you could have possibly become, from the starting point where we first met in Ostenso.  If we were just considering the person you became for yourself, and not considering your effects on anyone else."

"But what you became instead is stronger than you were, and prouder, and finding new parts of herself and new ways to be happy.  I can celebrate that even if other people get hurt, even if I think it wasn't the best possible outcome for you personally, even if I wish our whole universe hadn't been shaped the way it was.  To say that I can appreciate some aspects of the more grownup Pilar, isn't to say anything one way or another, about whether it's a good thing on net.  I can celebrate, even, that our world has somebody like you in it, even as I wish it didn't have anyone like you in it.  Badness and goodness don't cancel."