She is VERY much counting on his lack of self-awareness, and failing that, a common propensity in people in general towards averting their gaze inward as long as there's something outward they can keep themselves busy with. Just human nature, as it were.
"I'm sure he understands, yes, encountering the Innocent's contagion had been a harsh experience for many of us. I can also confirm that Emet-Selch is allergic to saying 'thanks', he'd find some other roundabout way to express his feelings. Like let you know you can stay in his general vicinity or that you can join him for tea, instead of making it feel like he's just putting up with you." She continues matter-of-factly, suddenly quite glad that the Ascian had left the premise.
But emotional constipation aside.
"What has you convinced he lied to you, if I may ask? From my understanding, memories invoked by the affliction were all very personal in nature, maybe highly private too. It's possible you witnessed a facet of him he wouldn't willingly tell anyone about, but that it exists doesn't necessarily have to invalidate what he's already told you about himself either. Kind of like..." She trails off in thought, thinking of examples to give.
"Oh, let's say someone tells you they're rich, and they really were before waking up here on Horos. But it's very possible that they used to be poor in the past, so witnessing them live in poverty from one brief glimpse into their memories doesn't automatically make them a liar, even if their word and memory WOULD look contradictory. It may be forward of me to make the analogy without context, but... Do you really think something this couldn't have been the case for Emet-Selch, too?"
She asks tentatively, peering at Howl with reserved curiosity. Just... going purely off from what Howl had said, 'he told me a thing and it was NOT what I saw from his memories!' felt... quite flimsy. Hopefully this was a polite enough way of poking at it? Is it really unthinkable, for both whatever Emet-Selch had told Howl and what Howl had seen from Emet-Selch's memories to both be true?
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"I'm sure he understands, yes, encountering the Innocent's contagion had been a harsh experience for many of us. I can also confirm that Emet-Selch is allergic to saying 'thanks', he'd find some other roundabout way to express his feelings. Like let you know you can stay in his general vicinity or that you can join him for tea, instead of making it feel like he's just putting up with you." She continues matter-of-factly, suddenly quite glad that the Ascian had left the premise.
But emotional constipation aside.
"What has you convinced he lied to you, if I may ask? From my understanding, memories invoked by the affliction were all very personal in nature, maybe highly private too. It's possible you witnessed a facet of him he wouldn't willingly tell anyone about, but that it exists doesn't necessarily have to invalidate what he's already told you about himself either. Kind of like..." She trails off in thought, thinking of examples to give.
"Oh, let's say someone tells you they're rich, and they really were before waking up here on Horos. But it's very possible that they used to be poor in the past, so witnessing them live in poverty from one brief glimpse into their memories doesn't automatically make them a liar, even if their word and memory WOULD look contradictory. It may be forward of me to make the analogy without context, but... Do you really think something this couldn't have been the case for Emet-Selch, too?"
She asks tentatively, peering at Howl with reserved curiosity. Just... going purely off from what Howl had said, 'he told me a thing and it was NOT what I saw from his memories!' felt... quite flimsy. Hopefully this was a polite enough way of poking at it? Is it really unthinkable, for both whatever Emet-Selch had told Howl and what Howl had seen from Emet-Selch's memories to both be true?