[ That color deepens as Elidibus explains, and Thistle is quick to object. ]
No, not--I'm not an affectionate person. [ He sounds offended, though he's mostly just embarrassed for...some reason. Surely not because some part of him knows otherwise. ] Until I came here, everyone I knew either didn't trust me or wanted to kill me. Sometimes both. I'm not used to it.
[ He stares at the kite strings for a moment - no change in the tangle - then mumbles out a small addendum. ] Except the Lion, but it was...dangerous.
[ Elidibus's question stumps Thistle a little. He'd said it mostly just to appease, not really thinking he'd have to elaborate. Now he has to scramble for something, hopefully not something too real... ]
Delgal. [ An easy answer. There are few people easier for Thistle to talk about, at least like this. ] He was my last exception. We were family. I studied magic to help him protect our country from invaders, and things...got out of hand. Everything I've done for most of my life has been for him. [ It's kind of nice to say as much without having to use it as an argument against someone for once. ]
He was smart and brave, and a leader, when he was old enough. One of the only people I really felt like I could rely on. [ Thistle considers how he might reasonably offer some kind of comparison... ] The way you talk about the little things reminds me of him sometimes.
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No, not--I'm not an affectionate person. [ He sounds offended, though he's mostly just embarrassed for...some reason. Surely not because some part of him knows otherwise. ] Until I came here, everyone I knew either didn't trust me or wanted to kill me. Sometimes both. I'm not used to it.
[ He stares at the kite strings for a moment - no change in the tangle - then mumbles out a small addendum. ] Except the Lion, but it was...dangerous.
[ Elidibus's question stumps Thistle a little. He'd said it mostly just to appease, not really thinking he'd have to elaborate. Now he has to scramble for something, hopefully not something too real... ]
Delgal. [ An easy answer. There are few people easier for Thistle to talk about, at least like this. ] He was my last exception. We were family. I studied magic to help him protect our country from invaders, and things...got out of hand. Everything I've done for most of my life has been for him. [ It's kind of nice to say as much without having to use it as an argument against someone for once. ]
He was smart and brave, and a leader, when he was old enough. One of the only people I really felt like I could rely on. [ Thistle considers how he might reasonably offer some kind of comparison... ] The way you talk about the little things reminds me of him sometimes.