[She can say that without hesitance, without even thinking it, because it was true upon arrival and it's still true now. If she were to implicate that she actually believed many of the kind things said to her or about her, that would be a great lie. Beatrix has simply gotten better at accepting such things without much protest, which is a great deal different from believing it in entirety.
If anything, she would like to believe such things. That too, however, is different.]
It is an unwise man who believes things without even the slightest scepticism. I take all things said to me with the care and consideration that they deserve, knowing that words can often be pretty things only and hollow otherwise. Actions, however, are bit less refutable.
[Whether he remembers or not, he has shown actions that somewhat, in some way, support things he has said. Although she has her own wariness about him, as she does with everyone else, she feels that surely not everything he says is a falsehood.]
I have spoken as I meant to. My words and my actions are rarely influenced by what others should think to say or do, but rather based on what I think is the right course of action. You do not have to agree me. You do not have to like it. You can refuse that kindness, if you wish to call it that, but it does not mean that it simply disappears or fades.
[In short, yes. She still means everything she's said, even if he's been merely putting her through some impeccably laid-out plan.]
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[She can say that without hesitance, without even thinking it, because it was true upon arrival and it's still true now. If she were to implicate that she actually believed many of the kind things said to her or about her, that would be a great lie. Beatrix has simply gotten better at accepting such things without much protest, which is a great deal different from believing it in entirety.
If anything, she would like to believe such things. That too, however, is different.]
It is an unwise man who believes things without even the slightest scepticism. I take all things said to me with the care and consideration that they deserve, knowing that words can often be pretty things only and hollow otherwise. Actions, however, are bit less refutable.
[Whether he remembers or not, he has shown actions that somewhat, in some way, support things he has said. Although she has her own wariness about him, as she does with everyone else, she feels that surely not everything he says is a falsehood.]
I have spoken as I meant to. My words and my actions are rarely influenced by what others should think to say or do, but rather based on what I think is the right course of action. You do not have to agree me. You do not have to like it. You can refuse that kindness, if you wish to call it that, but it does not mean that it simply disappears or fades.
[In short, yes. She still means everything she's said, even if he's been merely putting her through some impeccably laid-out plan.]