...No, it doesn't, since it has nothing to do with you doing anything to me.
( He could elaborate, but he doesn't want to, he thinks. It's tiring, talking about any of this, being honest at all, being vulnerable to someone he doesn't even want to be vulnerable with. At the same time, though, this is... something new. Something he hasn't tried, something that might change things, fix things in some small way here in the days leading up to a decision he's already made up his mind on.
The last part gets a long pause, though, and it almost seems like Esikko isn't going to reply— until he does. )
Dabi knows. ( His voice has been quiet the whole conversation, but there's an especially defeated tone as he says that, as he talks about any of this. ) I was kidnapped walking out of his room by that dog just right across the hall for three days. I don't even know if you noticed I was missing, since it's not like I own a room there or anything...
( Another pause, a sigh. Every word sounds avoidant, like there's a lot he's not filling in. There is. )
He's not some risk or anything, especially not to anyone else. He used to be my bodyguard, and he thinks he knows better than me, or whatever. It's just stupid.
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( He could elaborate, but he doesn't want to, he thinks. It's tiring, talking about any of this, being honest at all, being vulnerable to someone he doesn't even want to be vulnerable with. At the same time, though, this is... something new. Something he hasn't tried, something that might change things, fix things in some small way here in the days leading up to a decision he's already made up his mind on.
The last part gets a long pause, though, and it almost seems like Esikko isn't going to reply— until he does. )
Dabi knows. ( His voice has been quiet the whole conversation, but there's an especially defeated tone as he says that, as he talks about any of this. ) I was kidnapped walking out of his room by that dog just right across the hall for three days. I don't even know if you noticed I was missing, since it's not like I own a room there or anything...
( Another pause, a sigh. Every word sounds avoidant, like there's a lot he's not filling in. There is. )
He's not some risk or anything, especially not to anyone else. He used to be my bodyguard, and he thinks he knows better than me, or whatever. It's just stupid.