“Unfortunately, yes. It’s kind of expected when you're one of the 12 lords, even if I’m only a stand in.” He responded with a tired shrug. If he had it his way, he’d spend all his time on other things that were far more enjoyable. He rather missed the freedom of his days before taking on this mess. Even if he knew it, he had to take responsibility for his past actions.
Waver bit the inside of his cheek from retorting in a similar fashion again. He really was making this easy for her and harder for him. So she was treated to the amusing look of a grown man not-quite pouting like a child.
The mage felt an awkward twinge of something when she admitted that someone so important to her hated her now, likely for the things she’d spoken of prior. Though if she voiced the thought that those connections didn’t matter now, he’d offer his disagreement. Even if things had changed, the connection had still meant something at one time and influenced her life in a way. “You know… A lot of people hate me, either at first meeting or after a while… But their opinions also tend to change after a time.” He can’t even begin to guess why or what he does to change their opinions, though. It’s like they see something in him (that he doesn’t) and decide they’re not enemies anymore. “So hating you now doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll continue to.” He ended a bit awkwardly, tone stiff. He’s not good at offering emotional support, but he does try now and then.
“There are a lot of things you don’t know about me, I think.” He responded with a raised brow, very pointedly not denying he was a thief. Because he was in a few senses of the word. The relic, other people’s magecraft that he’d reverse engineered; but the book was another matter. “That said, I used the term ‘big idiot’ and I was fairly short back then. It was someone else who stole the damn thing. I was more of an unwilling accessory to the theft, and returning it would have likely been a bit awkward considering the damages done.” Being charged with both theft and property damage that someone else caused would have been pretty inconvenient! “And I guess… hanging onto it and a few other things kind of meant I still had something to remind me of that idiot.” Waver, again, wasn’t good at admitting stuff like this himself… and somewhere along the way the term ‘idiot’ had come to mean something else when referring to some people.
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Waver bit the inside of his cheek from retorting in a similar fashion again. He really was making this easy for her and harder for him. So she was treated to the amusing look of a grown man not-quite pouting like a child.
The mage felt an awkward twinge of something when she admitted that someone so important to her hated her now, likely for the things she’d spoken of prior. Though if she voiced the thought that those connections didn’t matter now, he’d offer his disagreement. Even if things had changed, the connection had still meant something at one time and influenced her life in a way. “You know… A lot of people hate me, either at first meeting or after a while… But their opinions also tend to change after a time.” He can’t even begin to guess why or what he does to change their opinions, though. It’s like they see something in him (that he doesn’t) and decide they’re not enemies anymore. “So hating you now doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll continue to.” He ended a bit awkwardly, tone stiff. He’s not good at offering emotional support, but he does try now and then.
“There are a lot of things you don’t know about me, I think.” He responded with a raised brow, very pointedly not denying he was a thief. Because he was in a few senses of the word. The relic, other people’s magecraft that he’d reverse engineered; but the book was another matter. “That said, I used the term ‘big idiot’ and I was fairly short back then. It was someone else who stole the damn thing. I was more of an unwilling accessory to the theft, and returning it would have likely been a bit awkward considering the damages done.” Being charged with both theft and property damage that someone else caused would have been pretty inconvenient! “And I guess… hanging onto it and a few other things kind of meant I still had something to remind me of that idiot.” Waver, again, wasn’t good at admitting stuff like this himself… and somewhere along the way the term ‘idiot’ had come to mean something else when referring to some people.