[Not wanting to be alone with one's thoughts is something he can very much relate to, and it's part of why he's so good at repressing things. He's alone with his thoughts most of the time in his life, and so he's gotten good at making sure the only issues that come up are those he's okay with dealing with.
He'd found that the Listening Tree had helped in that, quieting his often overacting mind a little, taking away some of the constant mental pressure without any sort of terrible side effects. But he also knows that sort of thing affects people differently, and perhaps for Hilda other factors outweighed any positive ones.
Of course, she'd also said alone, a world he never really associates with her; she always seems to social, like she wouldn't be on her own if she didn't want to be, and so he has to ask--]
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[Not wanting to be alone with one's thoughts is something he can very much relate to, and it's part of why he's so good at repressing things. He's alone with his thoughts most of the time in his life, and so he's gotten good at making sure the only issues that come up are those he's okay with dealing with.
He'd found that the Listening Tree had helped in that, quieting his often overacting mind a little, taking away some of the constant mental pressure without any sort of terrible side effects. But he also knows that sort of thing affects people differently, and perhaps for Hilda other factors outweighed any positive ones.
Of course, she'd also said alone, a world he never really associates with her; she always seems to social, like she wouldn't be on her own if she didn't want to be, and so he has to ask--]
Were other friends unavailable to accompany you?