[He steps aside to allow Ignis passage into the cottage.]
And she has always been like this, I am aware. I would insist that actions speak louder than any words, but even those have not always been considerate in regards to my own agency, particularly in matters where I should have, at the very least, the bare minimum. I have—
[He stifles a cough, but is admittedly grateful for the pause as it gives him a second to think over what honesty had been about to pour from him, much like the black bile; he decides to continue.]
I have... some difficulty in dealing with interpersonal relationships, and in discerning compassion from contempt when I believe someone to be... more than an acquaintance, I suppose. I am not a mind-reader. I prefer it when people speak earnestly with me, and I find it endlessly vexing when their actions contradict what they say, but... I suppose worse is to be treated as though nothing I say matters. As though I am defined by my frailty, and better left behind.
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[He steps aside to allow Ignis passage into the cottage.]
And she has always been like this, I am aware. I would insist that actions speak louder than any words, but even those have not always been considerate in regards to my own agency, particularly in matters where I should have, at the very least, the bare minimum. I have—
[He stifles a cough, but is admittedly grateful for the pause as it gives him a second to think over what honesty had been about to pour from him, much like the black bile; he decides to continue.]
I have... some difficulty in dealing with interpersonal relationships, and in discerning compassion from contempt when I believe someone to be... more than an acquaintance, I suppose. I am not a mind-reader. I prefer it when people speak earnestly with me, and I find it endlessly vexing when their actions contradict what they say, but... I suppose worse is to be treated as though nothing I say matters. As though I am defined by my frailty, and better left behind.