“Lying in the Breeze” is about a criminal and a detective who fall in love over time yet neither realize it until its almost too late. One is a charmer and quite the talker, a detective of many cards, both brain and brawn. The other is a poet, calm and collected, a criminal who is able to talk their way out of even the harshest of situations.
He always did love freefalls.
This quote is a very simple one but i think it really captures the feeling of finding something so worth life its more than life itself. This scene was when they first met, and this was from the criminals POV after he saw the detective for the first time, it was more or less feeling a kind of sense of relief, as the criminal thought the infamous detective was going to be a somewhat older person, strict and tense in their gaze. This also was a sense of curiosity because the detective was nothing like the boy imagined, and the way the criminal says he always did love freefalls in interesting because it shows how the idea of a “thrilling” chase or something new does not stress but makes him feel more happy. It’s how only moments later, as the criminal mentions he never let’s himself get selfish, he let’s himself do so only for this one moment, and the whole “freefall” thing gives me the sense he felt like he could let himself go for once, like he didn’t have to worry about consequences for this time, like he felt safe under the arms of the other.