Nui's my roommate. I think I'm probably safer out at the homestead than I am here.
[Her words about him being someone she cares about seems to sober him up, though. He's let himself get carried away here, glad to have an ally in a place that just wants him to die.
You shouldn't care about me, his brain says. It's my fault you're here in the first place. It's my fault you have to go through all of this.
It's my fault that you exist, so it's my fault that you can't exist, too.
It takes a moment or two before he responds, and when he does his voice is even, speaking with a confidence he doesn't feel.]
...thanks, Xion. But you're somebody important to me, so you have to take care of yourself too, all right?
[Without even meaning to, he puts a slight emphasis on somebody.]
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Nui's my roommate. I think I'm probably safer out at the homestead than I am here.
[Her words about him being someone she cares about seems to sober him up, though. He's let himself get carried away here, glad to have an ally in a place that just wants him to die.
You shouldn't care about me, his brain says. It's my fault you're here in the first place. It's my fault you have to go through all of this.
It's my fault that you exist, so it's my fault that you can't exist, too.
It takes a moment or two before he responds, and when he does his voice is even, speaking with a confidence he doesn't feel.]
...thanks, Xion. But you're somebody important to me, so you have to take care of yourself too, all right?
[Without even meaning to, he puts a slight emphasis on somebody.]