[ In Thorne. It's as close to a joke as he can manage in the moment - or maybe he's just thinking about how nice a warm shower would be right now. Kyle abandons his nerf gun as the birds tumble over the side of the raft, splashing into the waves.
Kyle draws his knees up, shaking his head. It's always this way - either Jack lets what needs to be said tumble out of his mouth in an over-explanation, or he deflects. Kyle figures that's fair right now. This one is on him. ]
You said you didn't judge me - but all I heard was that you did.
[ Because of the guilt he felt for how upset both him and Istredd were, because of how he had been raised to think about himself and his choices, because it felt like he was being dismissed. ]
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[ In Thorne. It's as close to a joke as he can manage in the moment - or maybe he's just thinking about how nice a warm shower would be right now. Kyle abandons his nerf gun as the birds tumble over the side of the raft, splashing into the waves.
Kyle draws his knees up, shaking his head. It's always this way - either Jack lets what needs to be said tumble out of his mouth in an over-explanation, or he deflects. Kyle figures that's fair right now. This one is on him. ]
You said you didn't judge me - but all I heard was that you did.
[ Because of the guilt he felt for how upset both him and Istredd were, because of how he had been raised to think about himself and his choices, because it felt like he was being dismissed. ]