[he still refuses to say too much, but- the careful lid he keeps on his feelings is disrupted a little by that. there's a sense of loss that slips free-- he does know it, but the friends he had, the people and the world that he loved, are no longer here. he has had one lapse in judgment when it comes to attachment to mortals; it is not a mistake emet-selch will repeat.
it doesn't show in his expression, only barely in his tone.]
Well, we will hardly be here for a full lifetime in the first place, one should hope-- but that makes it all the more fleeting an encounter. I am here to do what is necessary and then return, nothing more.
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it doesn't show in his expression, only barely in his tone.]
Well, we will hardly be here for a full lifetime in the first place, one should hope-- but that makes it all the more fleeting an encounter. I am here to do what is necessary and then return, nothing more.
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But he doesn't call it out.]
All right. That's fair.
[He isn't going to tell the other man that's terrible, or wrong.]