[Robert keeps his gaze down, staring at the middle distance, but he nods almost imperceptibly.]
... Lonely and afraid, y-yes.
...
Lonely, knowing that... that there is a space, between myself and others, that can be bridged but... n-never entirely removed.
And a-afraid, because... because it is so e-easy to lie to someone like me. [Saki was a terrifying reminder, but even so, he knows that he could look at someone, and that person could smile, and say nice things, and be generally pleasant, and he'd never be able to tell what that person really felt.]
... s-sometimes I am not even certain about what you feel, and then... then I f-feel as if I may have perceived you incorrectly, or... or n-not at all, and... [... then I feel like a failure.]
[Action]
... Lonely and afraid, y-yes.
...
Lonely, knowing that... that there is a space, between myself and others, that can be bridged but... n-never entirely removed.
And a-afraid, because... because it is so e-easy to lie to someone like me. [Saki was a terrifying reminder, but even so, he knows that he could look at someone, and that person could smile, and say nice things, and be generally pleasant, and he'd never be able to tell what that person really felt.]
... s-sometimes I am not even certain about what you feel, and then... then I f-feel as if I may have perceived you incorrectly, or... or n-not at all, and... [... then I feel like a failure.]