[SOLDIER training did not prepare him for this. Maybe the science department should have put more effort into his social preparedness as opposed to turning him into the perfect weapon — maybe then Nico wouldn’t have to stare at upwards of 60 seconds of “...”s being typed before something comes through.]
You don’t need to apologize. I’m not angry. I’m only trying to understand what I want and how to proceed.
[The few times he’s been with someone else has been wrought with connection — the undeniable hunger between monster and witch. Is it so easy to ignore it in lieu of that, of how this world works in the face of a monster’s nature? Does it even matter?
On Gaia, it had been so easy to remove himself from the world around him, shear connection away like it was a cancerous growth. Here, with time and experience, the opposite is true, but maybe he’s thinking too hard, over-complicating in his own head as he always does.
The easy way out is simply saying—]
I’ll do what’s easiest for you. I don’t want you to feel bad about what happened, and if the expectation is for things to remain as they were, then consider it done. I apologize for having avoided you.
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You don’t need to apologize. I’m not angry. I’m only trying to understand what I want and how to proceed.
[The few times he’s been with someone else has been wrought with connection — the undeniable hunger between monster and witch. Is it so easy to ignore it in lieu of that, of how this world works in the face of a monster’s nature? Does it even matter?
On Gaia, it had been so easy to remove himself from the world around him, shear connection away like it was a cancerous growth. Here, with time and experience, the opposite is true, but maybe he’s thinking too hard, over-complicating in his own head as he always does.
The easy way out is simply saying—]
I’ll do what’s easiest for you. I don’t want you to feel bad about what happened, and if the expectation is for things to remain as they were, then consider it done. I apologize for having avoided you.