[for all he thinks so little of himself, she still sees him as a person, not fully his mistakes and his injuries of all sorts. it doesn't mean he isn't Goro - whoever that person ends up being, leaving his own mark on the world as much as it does him. if he can forgive her for the highest crime that healing hands can do, how couldn't she accept him, scars and all? how could she judge? kissing him back, Emily doesn't hurry it along - they'll take as much time as they need, and she savors it for what it is on its own.]
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