If you'd spoken of it, yes. I would have believed you. You'd only say that if you meant it, Zevran.
[And honestly? Despite how he's nearly certain it would have ended in utter disaster, he would have given it a shot.]
As far as those you've slept with go... Have there been any you've let in at all? Because I think that's what it would need, for you to be taken seriously. For them to know you've been hurt and you hide it with smiles and easy words.
[There's no judgment in his voice. What he's saying of Zevran applies to him as well. It's a needed shield, the act of seeming fine when everything is wrong.]
What of those who went to Antiva?
[They'd had more of a glimpse into Zevran's pain than he would ever willingly show, after all.]
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Date: 2016-04-29 07:50 am (UTC)[And honestly? Despite how he's nearly certain it would have ended in utter disaster, he would have given it a shot.]
As far as those you've slept with go... Have there been any you've let in at all? Because I think that's what it would need, for you to be taken seriously. For them to know you've been hurt and you hide it with smiles and easy words.
[There's no judgment in his voice. What he's saying of Zevran applies to him as well. It's a needed shield, the act of seeming fine when everything is wrong.]
What of those who went to Antiva?
[They'd had more of a glimpse into Zevran's pain than he would ever willingly show, after all.]