[ Natalia patiently listens and reaches out to hold her hand when she begins to tear up again. ]
It sounds like you two had quite the adventures! [ Pause. ] I knew a boy like that when I was younger. We would go on adventures too and sometimes run into trouble but he was always there to catch me if I fell.
[ Her story is altogether too long and complicated to be a complete analogy, but it's the relevant parts that count. ] He disappeared for a long time... So I learned to protect myself and be twice as brave, for the both of us.
It's not quite the same, but I know you have it in you too, Mabel. You can be twice as brave, twice as smart, and when you go home, you'll go on twice the adventures for the both of you.
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It sounds like you two had quite the adventures! [ Pause. ] I knew a boy like that when I was younger. We would go on adventures too and sometimes run into trouble but he was always there to catch me if I fell.
[ Her story is altogether too long and complicated to be a complete analogy, but it's the relevant parts that count. ] He disappeared for a long time... So I learned to protect myself and be twice as brave, for the both of us.
It's not quite the same, but I know you have it in you too, Mabel. You can be twice as brave, twice as smart, and when you go home, you'll go on twice the adventures for the both of you.