Being in any fresh context will do that. But ... being so removed from everything we've ever known exaggerates it, I think.
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I always feared he only cared for me because he had no one else. He'd have sworn that wasn't the case, but it wasn't as if we had anything to compare it to ... until here. Now there are people he knows, friends who care for him -- I think he gets along better with the other passengers our age than I do -- and he still ... [ Dimitri's expression softens. He falters, swallowing around the word. ] ... he still l-loves me.
[ Sniff. Deep breath. ] I don't know if I could ever have truly believed that if we hadn't left home.
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I always feared he only cared for me because he had no one else. He'd have sworn that wasn't the case, but it wasn't as if we had anything to compare it to ... until here. Now there are people he knows, friends who care for him -- I think he gets along better with the other passengers our age than I do -- and he still ... [ Dimitri's expression softens. He falters, swallowing around the word. ] ... he still l-loves me.
[ Sniff. Deep breath. ] I don't know if I could ever have truly believed that if we hadn't left home.