[He says it lightly, but it's also distracted; like Kyna he's still sort of adjusting to being back to 'normal', though more in the sense of feeling directionless. It feels wrong not to be doing anything at the moment, but he isn't sure there's anything he can be doing to help the recovery efforts.
But all of this has also brought up a mess of other thoughts, mostly through reminders of Hadriel; it's not like Hadriel isn't on his mind a lot, but this sort of experience has been a very strong reminder. And, with that, it's also been a reminder of a conversation he's meant to have already and is now long overdue.
Part of that has been the monster attack, of course, but the rest is that it's just... Not an easy conversation to even get into. How is he supposed to start it? It's just... Weird, and awkward, and he doesn't know how it's going to go and that makes him nervous. It could be completely fine, or it could go terribly.
But it's more likely to go badly the longer he waits, and so he's decided this is the day to have it, as concerned as he is about it.]
Um, food aside though, there's something I should tell you. It's still not that I'm a serial killer or anything, though.
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[He says it lightly, but it's also distracted; like Kyna he's still sort of adjusting to being back to 'normal', though more in the sense of feeling directionless. It feels wrong not to be doing anything at the moment, but he isn't sure there's anything he can be doing to help the recovery efforts.
But all of this has also brought up a mess of other thoughts, mostly through reminders of Hadriel; it's not like Hadriel isn't on his mind a lot, but this sort of experience has been a very strong reminder. And, with that, it's also been a reminder of a conversation he's meant to have already and is now long overdue.
Part of that has been the monster attack, of course, but the rest is that it's just... Not an easy conversation to even get into. How is he supposed to start it? It's just... Weird, and awkward, and he doesn't know how it's going to go and that makes him nervous. It could be completely fine, or it could go terribly.
But it's more likely to go badly the longer he waits, and so he's decided this is the day to have it, as concerned as he is about it.]
Um, food aside though, there's something I should tell you. It's still not that I'm a serial killer or anything, though.