[Even though he'd been the one to give that assessment of Hilda and the way she shows affection in the first place, he's never really considered it from that angle— even after all those years apart, they'd kind of fallen right back into spending all kinds of time with one another after running into each other at the monastery again. Just felt like the thing to do, having grown up the way they did— he's always felt at home with the Gonerils, moreso than he ever has with his own family, except for his mom.
Did she really... think he was something special?
Maybe he shouldn't overthink that right now.]
I'm probably a bother to her a lot of the time, really. I promised her brother I'd keep an eye on her, but I'm sure that gets real annoying.
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[Even though he'd been the one to give that assessment of Hilda and the way she shows affection in the first place, he's never really considered it from that angle— even after all those years apart, they'd kind of fallen right back into spending all kinds of time with one another after running into each other at the monastery again. Just felt like the thing to do, having grown up the way they did— he's always felt at home with the Gonerils, moreso than he ever has with his own family, except for his mom.
Did she really... think he was something special?
Maybe he shouldn't overthink that right now.]
I'm probably a bother to her a lot of the time, really. I promised her brother I'd keep an eye on her, but I'm sure that gets real annoying.
[Except she tells him straight out when it is.]
But... yeah, maybe a little?