"Just because he thinks these things doesn't mean it's true!" Marinette wouldn't back down, and matched the Shadow's insistence with fiery passion. "You're right, some of us did think that it wasn't Adrien when we first saw the warning. But that's not because we think lesser about Adrien! I wouldn't be here if I didn't care about his well-being!"
She could see that Adrien was on the verge of tears, and were the Shadow not there she would have immediately gone over and hugged him. But she had to help him get through this, had to get through to him somehow.
"Do you remember the time when I got mad at you because I thought you had stuck gum in my notebook the first day I was interning with Gabriel?" He would know the day; Chloe had come to visit while they were working and she had found gum worked into the pages of her notebook, effectively ruining it. She had thought it was Adrien, hadn't even given him the chance to explain himself. Not until he got her alone and explained, in his own way, how sincere he truly was.
"I thought you were just another spoiled, rich brat at first. But then you changed my mind. You showed me just how kind a person you really were. And since then, I paid more attention to you, and I saw the real Adrien, not just the Adrien that the magazines know. Your Shadow is right that the world doesn't know the real Adrien, but that doesn't mean the real Adrien is worthless! You're more than just a face on a magazine, Adrien! And I know that people would love to meet the real Adrien Agreste, not just the image that's been built up."
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She could see that Adrien was on the verge of tears, and were the Shadow not there she would have immediately gone over and hugged him. But she had to help him get through this, had to get through to him somehow.
"Do you remember the time when I got mad at you because I thought you had stuck gum in my notebook the first day I was interning with Gabriel?" He would know the day; Chloe had come to visit while they were working and she had found gum worked into the pages of her notebook, effectively ruining it. She had thought it was Adrien, hadn't even given him the chance to explain himself. Not until he got her alone and explained, in his own way, how sincere he truly was.
"I thought you were just another spoiled, rich brat at first. But then you changed my mind. You showed me just how kind a person you really were. And since then, I paid more attention to you, and I saw the real Adrien, not just the Adrien that the magazines know. Your Shadow is right that the world doesn't know the real Adrien, but that doesn't mean the real Adrien is worthless! You're more than just a face on a magazine, Adrien! And I know that people would love to meet the real Adrien Agreste, not just the image that's been built up."