[She listens, because that's something she's good at - listening, learning, understanding - or trying to, at the very least. She gets it wrong sometimes - or gets only the very basic idea of it.
This, though, she thinks she gets.
We are not stupid.
She pullsher legs up and folds them. If Eleven's aware that there on the bench, she's copying Peter's posture, it doesn't show. It just appears that she's thinking, and mirrors him quite unconsciously. It's what she does - he'll notice that more and more the longer he knows her. She mimics people. It's how she learns. it's how she becomes a person - by taking on bits and pieces of the people she attaches herself to. Eleven has barely ever been her own person - she is, instead, a reflection of the people who help her grow.]
Focus on what we can change.
[She repeats it, earnest and attentive, like a valuable lesson learned.
Friends don't lie.
We are not stupid.
Focus on what we can change.
Right now, she can't change many things - she can't fix the fact that she's here, that Nancy and Steve are here. She can't fix the losses that Hopper and Mike and the others have to go through as a result. She can't fix the danger she's left them in.
But she can help keep Nancy and Steve save here. She can help this place, in whatever ways she can. She can't save her friends, not yet - but she can still try to save who and what she can, here and now.]
Yes. I promise.
[Andthen she repeats the other lesson she's learned:]
A promise is something you can't break. Ever.
[So she'll keep trying to focus on what she can do, not what she can't do for home.
Eleven looks at Peter, and nods as if to underline her conviction. She's still sad - she will never not be sad - but she'll be okay. He's given her a rope to hang onto for the time being.]
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This, though, she thinks she gets.
We are not stupid.
She pullsher legs up and folds them. If Eleven's aware that there on the bench, she's copying Peter's posture, it doesn't show. It just appears that she's thinking, and mirrors him quite unconsciously. It's what she does - he'll notice that more and more the longer he knows her. She mimics people. It's how she learns. it's how she becomes a person - by taking on bits and pieces of the people she attaches herself to. Eleven has barely ever been her own person - she is, instead, a reflection of the people who help her grow.]
Focus on what we can change.
[She repeats it, earnest and attentive, like a valuable lesson learned.
Friends don't lie.
We are not stupid.
Focus on what we can change.
Right now, she can't change many things - she can't fix the fact that she's here, that Nancy and Steve are here. She can't fix the losses that Hopper and Mike and the others have to go through as a result. She can't fix the danger she's left them in.
But she can help keep Nancy and Steve save here. She can help this place, in whatever ways she can. She can't save her friends, not yet - but she can still try to save who and what she can, here and now.]
Yes. I promise.
[Andthen she repeats the other lesson she's learned:]
A promise is something you can't break. Ever.
[So she'll keep trying to focus on what she can do, not what she can't do for home.
Eleven looks at Peter, and nods as if to underline her conviction. She's still sad - she will never not be sad - but she'll be okay. He's given her a rope to hang onto for the time being.]