...not exactly wrong. Suppose it is, in a way, but I...
[he's quiet for a few moments, deciding how he wants to put this.]
I wanted you to have something of mine. Something of me, in case. That was what it was.
['in case' of what, exactly, he doesn't specify, but-- there are multiple answers. in case he dies. in case they're separated another way. in case they can't see each other again, whatever happens.
it's a reminder, for any of those situations, that this happened at all. that they were here, he was here, so he won't be forgotten. and there's some possessiveness in it too, there is truth to that, but it on its own wasn't the motivating factor.]
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[he's quiet for a few moments, deciding how he wants to put this.]
I wanted you to have something of mine. Something of me, in case. That was what it was.
['in case' of what, exactly, he doesn't specify, but-- there are multiple answers. in case he dies. in case they're separated another way. in case they can't see each other again, whatever happens.
it's a reminder, for any of those situations, that this happened at all. that they were here, he was here, so he won't be forgotten. and there's some possessiveness in it too, there is truth to that, but it on its own wasn't the motivating factor.]