Mal doesn't have a whole lot of friends - for obvious reasons - and with the way his life has been for the last several years he's not inclined to open up to anybody beyond to the very few people he can trust any time soon. Riye's not even close to the borders of his inner circle yet, but he'll freely admit she's the best company he's met here so far, sure.
So it's a little bit of a shame to have her turn her suspicions on him like this. He thought he could be free of that kind of atmosphere here. It's not like it's undeserved, but... damn it, why can't these little confrontations ever happen for the things he has screwed up instead of for things that didn't matter or didn't happen in the first place!?
He wonders just how much of the truth he should give her.]
Then I won't waste your time on any misplaced trust. I have just as much blood on my hands as anybody else who's been in a war zone and none of them got back up after.
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Mal doesn't have a whole lot of friends - for obvious reasons - and with the way his life has been for the last several years he's not inclined to open up to anybody beyond to the very few people he can trust any time soon. Riye's not even close to the borders of his inner circle yet, but he'll freely admit she's the best company he's met here so far, sure.
So it's a little bit of a shame to have her turn her suspicions on him like this. He thought he could be free of that kind of atmosphere here. It's not like it's undeserved, but... damn it, why can't these little confrontations ever happen for the things he has screwed up instead of for things that didn't matter or didn't happen in the first place!?
He wonders just how much of the truth he should give her.]
Then I won't waste your time on any misplaced trust. I have just as much blood on my hands as anybody else who's been in a war zone and none of them got back up after.
[He'll let her make her own decision from there.]