[He's un-tensing at her softer tone, glad she isn't mad at him. And, while privately he also doesn't understand the purpose of a doll or why one would be important, it clearly is to her. And a gift besides! They did not come to Johto with him, but he can't stand the thought of the necklace or the pendant that Laurence gifted him being destroyed like this doll was. So he sounds sympathetic when he continues.]
If they mean something, I do not see how you can be too old.
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If they mean something, I do not see how you can be too old.