[He listened very carefully to what Kate was saying, his entire body having gone very still the way it did when he was on a long stakeout. It warmed his heart to hear what Kate was telling him. He thought himself perceptive enough to tell when someone was telling the truth, at least about things that were clearly important to them. Kate clearly believed every word that she was saying. He could hear the sincerity in her tone.
It was astounding. He wouldn't have been more surprised if a unicorn had suddenly appeared and walked up to them in the middle of the snow than to find a young woman in town who honestly believed in the idea of waiting until marriage to have sex.
Oh, that he could have had someone like this around when he was sixteen. Maybe he wouldn't have ended up as terrified by women as he was when he was a teenager if he wasn't afraid they'd want more than he was able to give either physically or emotionally. He'd been so shy and withdrawn back then he hadn't even been able to talk to girls his own age. His issues with sex had only gotten worse with age until he'd ended up as he currently was.
Something shifted in Rorschach then. Before his desire to protect Kate had just been something nebulous, the same way it was for anyone else in town. Now it was more specific. A girl pure as this needed someone to watch out for her, especially in a town with a predominantly male population. He was going to be that person for her, though he'd never explicitly say that out loud.
What did shift on the surface was the tone of his voice. Whereas he usually was completely devoid of emotions when he spoke to people, he sounded almost...warm when he next spoke. He wasn't as closed off anymore in the way he carried himself, standing with less tension in his frame.]
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It was astounding. He wouldn't have been more surprised if a unicorn had suddenly appeared and walked up to them in the middle of the snow than to find a young woman in town who honestly believed in the idea of waiting until marriage to have sex.
Oh, that he could have had someone like this around when he was sixteen. Maybe he wouldn't have ended up as terrified by women as he was when he was a teenager if he wasn't afraid they'd want more than he was able to give either physically or emotionally. He'd been so shy and withdrawn back then he hadn't even been able to talk to girls his own age. His issues with sex had only gotten worse with age until he'd ended up as he currently was.
Something shifted in Rorschach then. Before his desire to protect Kate had just been something nebulous, the same way it was for anyone else in town. Now it was more specific. A girl pure as this needed someone to watch out for her, especially in a town with a predominantly male population. He was going to be that person for her, though he'd never explicitly say that out loud.
What did shift on the surface was the tone of his voice. Whereas he usually was completely devoid of emotions when he spoke to people, he sounded almost...warm when he next spoke. He wasn't as closed off anymore in the way he carried himself, standing with less tension in his frame.]
You are one of the good ones.