[He'll take that all in quietly; he's not really looking at much, either, just focusing intently at the empty space about three inches in front of his face. The only thing he reacts to physically is Jaeger's grip tightening; he doesn't look over, he just returns the gesture, taking a moment before he replies.]
Your reactions to things are enough to make it plain that you aren't like that. Nowhere close.
[It's quiet, but it's a response; it's difficult to find words, but they're happening, at least.]
...Perhaps we were always going to be like them. Not exactly, not even close to exactly in some cases... But close enough for us to see some of them in ourselves. It gives some sort of credence to what Retrospec has been saying, at any rate. About their souls, and how they relate to us.
It's why I'm not afraid anymore. I don't like it, and I don't want to accept it. But that's the understanding that I've come to, I think - the knowledge that there isn't a clear-cut difference between who he was and who I am. I'm not...changing, it's just who I've always been.
[He's kind of vibrating a little, though, once that's out there; not quite shaking, just...his nerves are very active, he can feel them.]
If you don't want that, then establish differences. Decide who you're going to be now and adhere to it. I'll help you, with whatever you decide to do. You know I will.
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Your reactions to things are enough to make it plain that you aren't like that. Nowhere close.
[It's quiet, but it's a response; it's difficult to find words, but they're happening, at least.]
...Perhaps we were always going to be like them. Not exactly, not even close to exactly in some cases... But close enough for us to see some of them in ourselves. It gives some sort of credence to what Retrospec has been saying, at any rate. About their souls, and how they relate to us.
It's why I'm not afraid anymore. I don't like it, and I don't want to accept it. But that's the understanding that I've come to, I think - the knowledge that there isn't a clear-cut difference between who he was and who I am. I'm not...changing, it's just who I've always been.
[He's kind of vibrating a little, though, once that's out there; not quite shaking, just...his nerves are very active, he can feel them.]
If you don't want that, then establish differences. Decide who you're going to be now and adhere to it. I'll help you, with whatever you decide to do. You know I will.