[He gets it. Of course he does. There's no excusing what Barry had done to Lup. No whimpered pleads of “the gods made me do it” is going to be good enough. It wasn't even good enough for Barry. He'd isolated himself, kept his distance from the one he'd hurt in hopes that it would blow over. That if he just hid away, things would fix themselves for him.
Of course, it doesn't work like that. Barry has had to bust his ass to make what he has with Lup work again. But if her friend here has only heard the first part of the story - Barry putting his cowardly hands on her - that doesn't matter so much. Neither does the fact that she hurt him too. He's the one at fault here. Too weak. Too stupid.]
Y-You’re right. You're right, i-it was my choice. But I didn't-- please, y’gotta believe me, I-I didn't mean to. I've never regretted anything as much as I regret what I did t’Lup. [He glances nervously at Gren’s tightly clenched fist, and takes a very slight, very careful step backwards. It's enough to make the small of his back bump into the table.] There's n-no need for that. Please…
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[He gets it. Of course he does. There's no excusing what Barry had done to Lup. No whimpered pleads of “the gods made me do it” is going to be good enough. It wasn't even good enough for Barry. He'd isolated himself, kept his distance from the one he'd hurt in hopes that it would blow over. That if he just hid away, things would fix themselves for him.
Of course, it doesn't work like that. Barry has had to bust his ass to make what he has with Lup work again. But if her friend here has only heard the first part of the story - Barry putting his cowardly hands on her - that doesn't matter so much. Neither does the fact that she hurt him too. He's the one at fault here. Too weak. Too stupid.]
Y-You’re right. You're right, i-it was my choice. But I didn't-- please, y’gotta believe me, I-I didn't mean to. I've never regretted anything as much as I regret what I did t’Lup. [He glances nervously at Gren’s tightly clenched fist, and takes a very slight, very careful step backwards. It's enough to make the small of his back bump into the table.] There's n-no need for that. Please…