"Heero?"
"Hai?"
"_Right_. Anyway, what's empathy, and what's the difference between empathy and sympathy?"
"And this is your homework?"
"Yeah?"
"And why didn't you ask Quatre?"
"He's biased…and I want _you_ to tell me."
"Walk with me, and I'll try to explain it." Heero led Duo to the street outside. "Empathy is knowing how someone feels, sympathy is _not_ knowing but feeling sorry anyway."
"Um…can you explain that any better?"
"That's the extent of my basic understanding."
"Then can I give it a shot?
Heero threw his hands up in the air. "Why not?"
"Empathy would be if you saw some one with a broken leg and felt sorry for them. Sympathy would be how _I_ felt when _you_ broke _your_ leg. Hm?"
"That's about right."
As Heero and Duo continued walking, they walked past a woman with a long braid. Heero saw her first and pointed at her.
"Empathy?"
Duo looked at her for a second before grabbing Heero's arm.
"No, because that's not pain. That's beauty."
A quick jerk on Duo's braid allowed Heero to wrap his arm around Duo.
"It _is_ beautiful, at that."
"Hai?"
"_Right_. Anyway, what's empathy, and what's the difference between empathy and sympathy?"
"And this is your homework?"
"Yeah?"
"And why didn't you ask Quatre?"
"He's biased…and I want _you_ to tell me."
"Walk with me, and I'll try to explain it." Heero led Duo to the street outside. "Empathy is knowing how someone feels, sympathy is _not_ knowing but feeling sorry anyway."
"Um…can you explain that any better?"
"That's the extent of my basic understanding."
"Then can I give it a shot?
Heero threw his hands up in the air. "Why not?"
"Empathy would be if you saw some one with a broken leg and felt sorry for them. Sympathy would be how _I_ felt when _you_ broke _your_ leg. Hm?"
"That's about right."
As Heero and Duo continued walking, they walked past a woman with a long braid. Heero saw her first and pointed at her.
"Empathy?"
Duo looked at her for a second before grabbing Heero's arm.
"No, because that's not pain. That's beauty."
A quick jerk on Duo's braid allowed Heero to wrap his arm around Duo.
"It _is_ beautiful, at that."
