You Look Good With Curls [Ada, Yugiri]

"It can be difficult to deny others when they ask for our help. Distinguishing between what is good, and what is self-destructive, is no easy task."

Listening to Yugiri's question made Ada a bit sad. She understood why Yugiri would feel such a way, but that only made it all the more difficult for Ada to hear. She shook her head, even if Yugiri could not see it, and replied quite resolutely.

"Certainly not. We should never accept the things we hate. If it was in your power to change it, then you have every right to do so. 'The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness, and his readiness to challenge misfortune.' Any who would hold you to account for that, who would call such self-affirmation a sin, are shortsighted. It does not matter whether the route was easy, Yugiri. You changed yourself by your own will, overcame even physical adversity for your own sake, and you are now here before me as a woman of character that I find wholly agreeable. You should not worry that such a thing was wrong. I think, rather, that it is worthy of pride."

Ada had, on some level, expected an emotional response from Yugiri, given the nature of their conversation. She perhaps had not expected this specific reaction, but she absolutely did not mind it. If these emotions needed to be expressed, then so be it. She would not pretend to understand the depths of Yugiri's hardship, but such a thing did not matter. What mattered was the strength Yugiri had shown, and in the moment, Ada was thoroughly willing to offer her help.

So, naturally, she simply offered a gentle, reassuring hug, for as long as Yugiri needed.