[Huh. This is maybe the first time he's seen someone use the word "honestly" and then follow it up with actual, heartfelt honesty. It feels very strange to be the recipient of that kind of thing.
He's not much of a liar in general, since there usually isn't a point to it— why lie when you can simply refuse to say anything? (Or just be brutally honest.) But it feels uncomfortably unbalanced not to give her something similar back.]
Well, word of caution. Don't hype it up too much in your mind. You get used to living a certain way, and it never really leaves you. It's definitely preferable not to be in constant peril, but don't think that will fix everything. So, in short: peace is nice, but it's nicer without unrealistic expectations. On a more positive note, I do intend to find a way to fix this place, whether that includes monster slaying or not. So I suppose it's nice to know you'd rather have me alive to do that.
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He's not much of a liar in general, since there usually isn't a point to it— why lie when you can simply refuse to say anything? (Or just be brutally honest.) But it feels uncomfortably unbalanced not to give her something similar back.]
Well, word of caution.
Don't hype it up too much in your mind.
You get used to living a certain way, and it never really leaves you.
It's definitely preferable not to be in constant peril, but don't think that will fix everything.
So, in short: peace is nice, but it's nicer without unrealistic expectations.
On a more positive note, I do intend to find a way to fix this place, whether that includes monster slaying or not.
So I suppose it's nice to know you'd rather have me alive to do that.
[There was an attempt.]