"I promise to feel properly chastised if and when you do." It's easy to say with sarcasm that contains almost the sound of eyes rolling but if she truly did do it, how would he feel? Would he be chastised? It's almost weird to think about.
But he hadn't been expecting the honesty of her words. He arrived here with them already out on their adventures without him, preparing to settle in for his life changed and better and yet hoping they hold to their words to come back. She had everything she wanted and then she was here.
"I hadn't thought of it in those terms. Though..." His gaze drops then, carefully considering his words. The likelihood is he may well say the wrong ones, the ones to upset her further. He hadn't been ready to give her all she had demanded of him, and he knew that his attempts might not be enough. "I can't say that I don't understand the feeling. If you believe I'm capable of feeling anything, of course."
It's a bad joke, one built on a reputation of being a demon, of being heartless, of things that she, of all people, knew better than.
"But I do understand the sensation of losing those things you've wanted and fought hard for." He had the money, the empire, but all else was in a nebulous place. Much like his attempts at emotions and growth. Admitting more than that, putting it into words, he's not capable of that but finding himself in this strange new world, he puts it into the words he has, the ability he has to share.
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But he hadn't been expecting the honesty of her words. He arrived here with them already out on their adventures without him, preparing to settle in for his life changed and better and yet hoping they hold to their words to come back. She had everything she wanted and then she was here.
"I hadn't thought of it in those terms. Though..." His gaze drops then, carefully considering his words. The likelihood is he may well say the wrong ones, the ones to upset her further. He hadn't been ready to give her all she had demanded of him, and he knew that his attempts might not be enough. "I can't say that I don't understand the feeling. If you believe I'm capable of feeling anything, of course."
It's a bad joke, one built on a reputation of being a demon, of being heartless, of things that she, of all people, knew better than.
"But I do understand the sensation of losing those things you've wanted and fought hard for." He had the money, the empire, but all else was in a nebulous place. Much like his attempts at emotions and growth. Admitting more than that, putting it into words, he's not capable of that but finding himself in this strange new world, he puts it into the words he has, the ability he has to share.