Suggested changes: {before : after}
On 03/22/2004 09:45 AM, DB Sommer said:
During the two weeks, every member of the two families visited the
hospital, and in the cases of Akane, Kasumi, Nodoka, and {Soun :
Soun, spent} nearly every day with the patients. Or tried to in
Kachiko's case since she refused any company. Ranma had remained
quiet and pensive every time Akane had seen him. She knew something
was troubling him deeply, but the few times the two of them had been
alone all of her attempts to get him to open up failed miserably. He
would give a terse, 'It's nothing,' and wouldn't let the matter go
any further. Due to his injured state, Akane didn't press the issue,
but his unwillingness to confide frustrated her. He had always been
there for her when she needed help, now why wouldn't he let her do
the same for him?
Left on her own, Kachiko felt a sense of detachment, like traveling
through time, but without the pain. If she had not known better, she
would have sworn she traveled to a parallel universe and was dealing
with calm, rational alternates of the people she had met in this
time.
How could they all have changed so much? And why now? The one time
since her arrival she wanted their irrational demands and obsessive
wants thrust upon her, they had instead changed into normal people
who were treating her like someone welcomed for who she was instead
of what she represented to them. It was all she had wanted from them
until this moment, and when she needed them to behave normally, then
turned on her again and deny her the harassment and pestering that
had been their trademarks for so long. She damned them for their
understanding at a time when she wanted their ire. Now she felt worse
than ever.
Kind of like "It's a Wonderful Life" in reverse.
A confused Nodoka was left behind, muscles in her face twitching
uncontrollably at her threat having the opposite of its intended
reaction. She spun on her heel, intent on finding her husband and
complaining to him about the little brat's intolerable behavior.
Very nice scene with Nodoka.