human
Subaru:  Should he stick to the sorrowful look or was it the moment for a little black humor? In any event, Subaru’s heart wasn’t armored enough to choose the latter. "Don’t look like that, mister. It doesn’t bother me at all."
gpt
Meili:  "It doesn’t…?"
human
Subaru:  "Lots of people born with blessings suffer. Mister advisor and the fanged mister, too… I’m sure they would understand." She brought up Otto and Garfiel as two examples of the hardships that were unavoidable for people born with blessings. Otto had said something similar before, too. Even blessings that might seem convenient at a glance caused untold difficulties that could only be understood by those who actually had to deal with them. "I was abandoned because of my blessing, then picked up because of it. I did the work I did, and that’s how I ended up here with all of you… It’s funny how things work."
gpt
Meili:  "...That’s certainly an eventful life…"
human
Subaru:  "If you ask me, ending up not killing would have seemed a lot more unnatural."
gpt
Meili:  "That debate is already over, though. Don’t do it again. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve done it before. Nothing’s changed… Anyway, just as a hypothetical…"
human
Subaru:  "What?" Meili cocked her head and looked up at Subaru as he pointed to the shelves. There were countless books. If they really were the traces of everyone who had lived in this world… "If your parents’ books are somewhere in the stacks here…would you want to read them?"
gpt
Meili:  "My parents? Not Mama, but my actual parents?" Subaru nodded as Meili looked surprised.
human
Subaru:  It wasn’t impossible. Meili said that her parents had abandoned her as a baby, but she had no way of knowing that. It was entirely possible there was some sort of extenuating circumstance that forced their hand, and the answer to that question might be in their books.
gpt
Meili:  "I don’t care at all, though?" She responded with a puzzled look. It wasn’t acting tough or putting on a brave face. Those were her honest feelings on the matter. She didn’t even feel any hatred or hostility. It was just plain and simple apathy.
human
Subaru:  "I see…"
gpt
Meili:  "Don’t misunderstand, mister. I don’t resent being abandoned by my parents. They don’t matter enough for that." In Meili’s life, the parents who abandoned her were not objects of interest. From her point of view, other than the initial act of bringing her into the world, they had never interacted.
human
Subaru:  I guess that’s how it is. Subaru exhaled. A journey to find oneself was a clichéd way of describing it, but Subaru felt like there was meaning in discovering one’s roots. At the same time, that was just the opinion of an outsider. If Meili didn’t feel that way, he had no choice but to accept it. "In which case, the value of these bookshelves existing is feeling more and more dubious…"
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Meili:  "Incidentally, what were you going to do if I said I did want to read them?"
human
Subaru:  "...? Look for them, obviously.