[ he's genuinely so unaccustomed to people giving a damn about him that hearing it directly from Rand surprises him. Does he buy it? Not entirely - his gut instinct is always that it's pity - but he likes Rand well enough, and he doesn't have any reason to get hissy about it, unlike with Abel and his overbearing attentions. ]
Oh. [ a beat. ] You don't have to worry about me. I'm good.
[ he's probably not but he doesn't wanna talk about it!! ]
... I don't believe it, anyway. The Regent's full of shit.
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Oh. [ a beat. ] You don't have to worry about me. I'm good.
[ he's probably not but he doesn't wanna talk about it!! ]
... I don't believe it, anyway. The Regent's full of shit.