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"But what are you going to do when someone you saved kills someone else in the future?"
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Kartein doesn't know whether he should trust the internet when it comes to emotional matters. However, he fairly trust himself to be able to execute a proper way of comfort for Chiye.
That is...after he read the first article.
The first step being ‘Be a good Listener’ — This step is easy for Kartein.
Then it was followed by steps like ‘Respect the person’s way of grieving.’, ‘Accept mood swings.’ , ‘Avoid giving advice.’, ‘Refrain from trying to explain the loss.’ and some other things that made Kartein frown.
In the end, isn't all this advice led to one sentence that is ‘Stay silent, just listen and be there.’
“So, comforting someone from grief is basically just being there and listen to everything they have to say?” Kartein fell silent as he pondered whether this kind of plan would work or not. “Is this even real?”
Truth be told, Kartein has lost people in his life too. But he dealt with the pain all by himself with no one to comfort him or give him advice. That's why he couldn't do anything for Chiye, especially comforting someone. Kartein has 0% experience in doing so and could only depend on the internet.
Since he seek advice to the internet, it's better to first try it. If it works, then great. If it does, then bad. However, Kartein is a person who has 100% confidence in himself, and he had long sinced considered himself a genius.
Just comforting someone?
There's nothing the great Kartein could do!
•••
20 minutes later, Kartein's belief of ‘There's nothing the great Kartein could do’, was greatly challenged.
Because exactly 20 minutes, Chiye woke up.
The girl that Kartein thought would fall into depression any minute any seconds woke up with a terrifyingly calm face. It's like nothing happened.
‘It must be denial phase.’ Kartein thought, staring intensely at Chiye and ready to try everything he learned on 'How to comfort someone'.
