[She won't have to go it alone, that much he can promise.
He freaked out quite a bit himself, in the early days. Still does a little, every time he has to leave on quests, thinking of all the awful things that could happen in his absence. The trick, he's found, is to work through the fear and not let it overrun his good sense.
When she curls closer, he tightens his grip and and does his best to curl around her in turn. He can only imagine how difficult it is for her, talking about this. Reliving it.]
But you did realize it. [That's a big thing, an important thing - but those thoughts are derailed by what she says next. 'Born wrong.' How could anyone even suggest such a thing to their child...] Alright for them, perhaps. But you would never have been happy, would you, pretending to be someone you weren't?
[That's a rhetorical - how could she have been happy, in that scenario? How could anyone, when forced to live a lie? Though it might be a selfish thing to think at a time like this, he can't help but be grateful for his own mother's unconditional acceptance.]
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He freaked out quite a bit himself, in the early days. Still does a little, every time he has to leave on quests, thinking of all the awful things that could happen in his absence. The trick, he's found, is to work through the fear and not let it overrun his good sense.
When she curls closer, he tightens his grip and and does his best to curl around her in turn. He can only imagine how difficult it is for her, talking about this. Reliving it.]
But you did realize it. [That's a big thing, an important thing - but those thoughts are derailed by what she says next. 'Born wrong.' How could anyone even suggest such a thing to their child...] Alright for them, perhaps. But you would never have been happy, would you, pretending to be someone you weren't?
[That's a rhetorical - how could she have been happy, in that scenario? How could anyone, when forced to live a lie? Though it might be a selfish thing to think at a time like this, he can't help but be grateful for his own mother's unconditional acceptance.]