Dipper blinks up at surprise as she crouches in front of him, but after a beat, he manages a small nod.
"I know it's asking for a lot," he says, raising a hand to idly rub at the back of his neck. And he genuinely knows it; after all, his summer vacation back in the sleepy boonies of Oregon involved an uncle who went to unimaginable lengths in order to get his own brother back, and Dipper doesn't think he could ever forget the desperation in his uncle's face while it all went down. But this time it's different—rescuing a person and raising them back from the dead are clearly on different levels of what should be done. "And it might be hard, now, later... for a while. But Koltira's right—you won't be able to go back to what you had before, but there's always something else up ahead. And it doesn't look like whatever you need is going to be here on Nalawi."
After that, Dipper pauses, gauging the look on Pomarr before finishing off: "I think you deserve it."
Anyone would. Offering that chance is just the right thing to do.
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"I know it's asking for a lot," he says, raising a hand to idly rub at the back of his neck. And he genuinely knows it; after all, his summer vacation back in the sleepy boonies of Oregon involved an uncle who went to unimaginable lengths in order to get his own brother back, and Dipper doesn't think he could ever forget the desperation in his uncle's face while it all went down. But this time it's different—rescuing a person and raising them back from the dead are clearly on different levels of what should be done. "And it might be hard, now, later... for a while. But Koltira's right—you won't be able to go back to what you had before, but there's always something else up ahead. And it doesn't look like whatever you need is going to be here on Nalawi."
After that, Dipper pauses, gauging the look on Pomarr before finishing off: "I think you deserve it."
Anyone would. Offering that chance is just the right thing to do.