[ Fuck. There's some level of frustration and grief about that. He could not have been less prepared to watch Claude just get cut down in front of him. He rubs at his forehead. ]
I'm sorry. I'm sure that most people aren't. It... isn't normal, to have to suspect such a thing of our friends. Of people who we know are good at heart.
[ He wonders, a little. It must also be a lot of pressure to do something that they clearly don't like, and be forgiven so universally for it, but that's also his guilt thinking. ]
Are you feeling alright, Euphausia? You feel calm but it's a lot for anybody. It'd be normal to be shaken.
Staying calm in times of crisis is one of the few things I am good at, I think... I am not a strong fighter nor a skilled healer, so all I can offer is emotional support.
Throwing a punch isn't all only about strength. How, and where you hit, are also factors.
Strength isn't the only thing that determines what you are worth. That's all.
[ Even if this is somewhat hypocritical coming from a guy that definitely lived his life like strength was what he needed, but he can try to be encouraging. Even as he just stares off distantly into this tea. ]
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But he seemed the same as always, and... I have never been good at telling when people are hiding things.
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[ Fuck. There's some level of frustration and grief about that. He could not have been less prepared to watch Claude just get cut down in front of him. He rubs at his forehead. ]
Not cut out for this.
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she places a hand on his arm. ]
I'm sorry. I'm sure that most people aren't. It... isn't normal, to have to suspect such a thing of our friends. Of people who we know are good at heart.
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[ Hum. How does he explain it. ]
I am not unused to people dying. To people killing. Sometimes against their will too.
Don't like having to find them, and punish them for it.
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I see. It is an uncomfortable position to suddenly find oneself in...
It is fortunate that we have one another, at least. That no single one of us must do it alone.
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[ He wonders, a little. It must also be a lot of pressure to do something that they clearly don't like, and be forgiven so universally for it, but that's also his guilt thinking. ]
Are you feeling alright, Euphausia? You feel calm but it's a lot for anybody. It'd be normal to be shaken.
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Hmm. Perhaps it is the way I was raised, but I am not easily overburdened by anxiety, be it my own or that of others.
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[ Noooo repression! ]
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But I know you have the potential to throw a good punch also.
[ Gives her Fighter arche. ]
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[ a small laugh, at that. ]
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Strength isn't the only thing that determines what you are worth. That's all.
[ Even if this is somewhat hypocritical coming from a guy that definitely lived his life like strength was what he needed, but he can try to be encouraging. Even as he just stares off distantly into this tea. ]