[He so very much would like it to be, though. Everything would be much easier if both of them felt validated by the end of the conversation and could sweep all of this under the rug. That's not how emotions and minds work, though, and faking it would have been brutally dishonest.]
I just- I wanted to try talking, when she had the party at Valeo. I didn't go, and then that Emet guy asked me to come with, and Hythlo was so hype to see me I couldn't say no. It felt weird not to talk to Era, but she... it was so uncomfortable. She thought I didn't want to talk, and I thought she didn't want me to talk, and then she kept saying... [He trails off, then grimaces.] There was... a lot. That I didn't like. And I can't even tell if she did it to hurt me or protect herself.
[Assuming they're even mutually exclusive, which they very well might not be at all.]
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[He so very much would like it to be, though. Everything would be much easier if both of them felt validated by the end of the conversation and could sweep all of this under the rug. That's not how emotions and minds work, though, and faking it would have been brutally dishonest.]
I just- I wanted to try talking, when she had the party at Valeo. I didn't go, and then that Emet guy asked me to come with, and Hythlo was so hype to see me I couldn't say no. It felt weird not to talk to Era, but she... it was so uncomfortable. She thought I didn't want to talk, and I thought she didn't want me to talk, and then she kept saying... [He trails off, then grimaces.] There was... a lot. That I didn't like. And I can't even tell if she did it to hurt me or protect herself.
[Assuming they're even mutually exclusive, which they very well might not be at all.]