I don't believe he fails to value the person you are now, nor does he fail to comprehend you care for him in a multitude of ways. He simply doesn't recognize you're attracted to him romantically.
( Maybe we should just cancel love all together, really. This is all nonsense. )
... He believes sincerely in that future with you. But you have changed and lived a rich life without him. It is difficult to envision a future with a dead man, yes? And it is difficult for the person left behind to envision there is any space for them when your life is so full without them.
( He taps the arm of the chair. If Adelis had described a seven years without Mishka with such richness and adventure, and Mishka were in love with him...
He doesn't know what he'd do. Kill him, maybe, and see that they both remain dead. )
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( Maybe we should just cancel love all together, really. This is all nonsense. )
... He believes sincerely in that future with you. But you have changed and lived a rich life without him. It is difficult to envision a future with a dead man, yes? And it is difficult for the person left behind to envision there is any space for them when your life is so full without them.
( He taps the arm of the chair. If Adelis had described a seven years without Mishka with such richness and adventure, and Mishka were in love with him...
He doesn't know what he'd do. Kill him, maybe, and see that they both remain dead. )