( It is selfish, but it's a good selfish. He likes hearing it, even though it's not really pragmatic, even if it serves no particular purpose; or— maybe it does. He wonders if these small, vestigial statements are ways people tell each other they care.
Unrequited love, in some way, is pretty easy. There's not so much you can do about a failure to connect but lament. Making things work, learning to understand a language not your own and forming a pidgin between the two of you— that's a lot harder. )
... Okay. I'll tell you what I need. So... talk to me.
( What he'd asked of Barrett when all of everything with Cubia was getting worse, but also— what he'd told Barrett at the hospital. There are things he can and will ask of Barrett to better brace the both of them for the coming danger, but— what does Mithrun need, besides the things necessary to survive? Not very much. Not much at all.
He just likes talking to him. He missed that. )
... I'm not leaving you alone, though. ( Legs aside, there's— ) Especially not if there's a chance Cubia might approach you again. I'm not letting him harass you.
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Unrequited love, in some way, is pretty easy. There's not so much you can do about a failure to connect but lament. Making things work, learning to understand a language not your own and forming a pidgin between the two of you— that's a lot harder. )
... Okay. I'll tell you what I need. So... talk to me.
( What he'd asked of Barrett when all of everything with Cubia was getting worse, but also— what he'd told Barrett at the hospital. There are things he can and will ask of Barrett to better brace the both of them for the coming danger, but— what does Mithrun need, besides the things necessary to survive? Not very much. Not much at all.
He just likes talking to him. He missed that. )
... I'm not leaving you alone, though. ( Legs aside, there's— ) Especially not if there's a chance Cubia might approach you again. I'm not letting him harass you.