Your ties will keep you from being able to make the hard decisions later on.
[Inaho was stuck there. He had started to relate to those around him, but he was awkward and different so the connections were taking longer to form. He wasn't going to let them get close when even at home the people closest to him were a little put off by his actions as well. He wouldn't open himself up that much.]
I'll think over the information you've given me.
[It's the only branch of anything he's willing to give Slaine. The other is right, nothing will be fixed if he runs away. So, he won't. But, that doesn't mean that he will go back and readily throw himself into something he isn't sure he's ready for at the moment.]
[For his part, Slaine doesn't have any particular expectations with regards to what Inaho will do... But he felt it was necessary to address. He does have some responsibility for the people he'd occupied a room with, and that doesn't change because he's done something he regrets. Whether they'll accept him or not isn't something he can say until he speaks to them.
And part of why such a point matters to him is that, on some level, he's been accepted despite some of the things he's done. Things he doesn't forgive himself for, and doubts he ever will... But that's not something he can readily admit to himself, much less his erstwhile enemy]
I'd rather think I draw strength from the knowledge that I act for more than just myself.
[That's something he's rather sure of. Slaine has always been more about other people than himself, and it's what drives him and gotten him as far as he's come so far. He'll never consider that a weakness - instead, he thinks there's more of a drawback to the way Inaho seems to operate.
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[Inaho was stuck there. He had started to relate to those around him, but he was awkward and different so the connections were taking longer to form. He wasn't going to let them get close when even at home the people closest to him were a little put off by his actions as well. He wouldn't open himself up that much.]
I'll think over the information you've given me.
[It's the only branch of anything he's willing to give Slaine. The other is right, nothing will be fixed if he runs away. So, he won't. But, that doesn't mean that he will go back and readily throw himself into something he isn't sure he's ready for at the moment.]
Thank you for the eyepatch.
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And part of why such a point matters to him is that, on some level, he's been accepted despite some of the things he's done. Things he doesn't forgive himself for, and doubts he ever will... But that's not something he can readily admit to himself, much less his erstwhile enemy]
I'd rather think I draw strength from the knowledge that I act for more than just myself.
[That's something he's rather sure of. Slaine has always been more about other people than himself, and it's what drives him and gotten him as far as he's come so far. He'll never consider that a weakness - instead, he thinks there's more of a drawback to the way Inaho seems to operate.
But that too isn't something he's about to say]
Just returning something that's yours.