[ He doesn't point out how absurd that statement is, since those that cared about him had always been among the quickest to tell him all he was lacking. All the ways he was failing. All the ways he never tried enough. They weren't wrong. It was easier not to try, than to deal with the alternative.
But he knows she's just trying to be nice. To offer comfort, and he appreciates the effort, at the very least. He reaches up to twine an arm about her waist, giving her a gentle squeeze. His eyes are closed - easier to hide the raw emotions he'd come up here to wrestle with, but he lets his lips curve in a way he hopes will reassure her over her words. ]
I don't care what they think. [ For the most part, that's true. He's long since resigned himself to what others think of him, knowing there's nothing he can really do to change them. It's far too late for that.
Although being here is a fresh start, of sorts. Something he's imminently grateful for. Another reason in the many on the list of why he wants to stay here, instead of ever returning to Fodlan.
And it had been enough to keep him content. Until he got trapped underground in what seemed to be a nightmare designed especially for him. ]
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But he knows she's just trying to be nice. To offer comfort, and he appreciates the effort, at the very least. He reaches up to twine an arm about her waist, giving her a gentle squeeze. His eyes are closed - easier to hide the raw emotions he'd come up here to wrestle with, but he lets his lips curve in a way he hopes will reassure her over her words. ]
I don't care what they think. [ For the most part, that's true. He's long since resigned himself to what others think of him, knowing there's nothing he can really do to change them. It's far too late for that.
Although being here is a fresh start, of sorts. Something he's imminently grateful for. Another reason in the many on the list of why he wants to stay here, instead of ever returning to Fodlan.
And it had been enough to keep him content. Until he got trapped underground in what seemed to be a nightmare designed especially for him. ]