[It takes him a few seconds to swallow his first answer and fight through his exhaustion and really listen to what Thanatos is saying. He's frustrated that Thanatos abandoned their conversation, again, but that's a separate issue, and letting one bleed into the other won't help. He sighs, and:]
Fair point.
[He has to say it, because it's true, and it helps further separate the issues. It's still not entirely successful, but it helps.]
It depends on the danger, and the chance.
But that's not what you want to hear, is it.
[...well that wasn't the best thing to say, was it. At least that much breaks through the fog. He turns his words over in his head and sighs again.]
You know I'm not just- doing this for no reason, right? That I didn't just decide to pick up a crystal and see what happened? Hemla asked us to help them by carrying a crystal - anyone who wanted to, or could. I'm doing it for selfish reasons, but I know what it's helping with, and I'm not the only one doing it. I didn't just decide to make some sacrifice for the greater good for the hell of it. I'm working with someone else's plan.
[Thanatos gets that, right? That just because it's selfish doesn't mean it's stupid? He doesn't know how much clearer he can make it.]
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[It takes him a few seconds to swallow his first answer and fight through his exhaustion and really listen to what Thanatos is saying. He's frustrated that Thanatos abandoned their conversation, again, but that's a separate issue, and letting one bleed into the other won't help. He sighs, and:]
Fair point.
[He has to say it, because it's true, and it helps further separate the issues. It's still not entirely successful, but it helps.]
It depends on the danger, and the chance.
But that's not what you want to hear, is it.
[...well that wasn't the best thing to say, was it. At least that much breaks through the fog. He turns his words over in his head and sighs again.]
You know I'm not just- doing this for no reason, right? That I didn't just decide to pick up a crystal and see what happened? Hemla asked us to help them by carrying a crystal - anyone who wanted to, or could. I'm doing it for selfish reasons, but I know what it's helping with, and I'm not the only one doing it. I didn't just decide to make some sacrifice for the greater good for the hell of it. I'm working with someone else's plan.
[Thanatos gets that, right? That just because it's selfish doesn't mean it's stupid? He doesn't know how much clearer he can make it.]