Oh, thank god, are you all finally getting back to normal?
[That is wonderful to hear! Otto's been a bit stressed this entire time; by now, the kids are at least all sorted out and safe, but anything affecting peoples' state of mind, in any way, is bound to bother him.]
Don't sweat it. I'm sure you'd have done the same for me.
David is, and I believe Sephiroth is. I don't know who else was effected.
I would have, yes, but it still means a lot. I didn't have many adults really pay attention to me at that age. It's nice my younger self got to feel that.
[ What he really means is, he may have become a very different person if he'd had that the first time around. It's going to take some time to process, some grieving at just how badly he was failed, but it's beautiful too, realizing what good friends he's made here. And it is nice some part of teen him got to experience that. ]
He'll pay it back three times over if you let him.
[ And the discomfort of having his past disclosed. ]
My father often slept over at the lab and my mother didn't live with us. Fine may be generous, but it certainly wasn't new to me. I was good at keeping myself busy and just coming home to sleep. Made some friends. Somehow managed to convince people I was my own assistant and pick up a few sales.
[ Yeah, none of that is appropriate skill for a kid. ]
God, don't let him do that. I'm not sure what he told you, but it really wasn't that bad.
[Does Balthier even know about ~the villainous Doc Ock~? Because when you do, well, it's all very understandable.
And...yes, none of that sounds particularly acceptable to Otto. He had a fairly ordinary childhood, all things considered. So many other people here didn't, like it's a common factor in Confluence selection or something.]
Well, I'm glad you managed. Though maybe I should have pushed a little harder. I didn't know you were planning to keep going to work.
I try not to give him ideas. I know how he can be. Don't worry, he hasn't said anything.
[ Balthier respects privacy. And it's none of his business. ]
I don't know that I'd have listened. I hadn't planned to go to work, I just got bored and the texts came and the idea of seeing another city with a magical device to zap me there was too appealing to resist.
Suppose it isn't surprising I grew up to be a pirate.
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Thank you.
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[That is wonderful to hear! Otto's been a bit stressed this entire time; by now, the kids are at least all sorted out and safe, but anything affecting peoples' state of mind, in any way, is bound to bother him.]
Don't sweat it. I'm sure you'd have done the same for me.
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I would have, yes, but it still means a lot. I didn't have many adults really pay attention to me at that age. It's nice my younger self got to feel that.
[ What he really means is, he may have become a very different person if he'd had that the first time around. It's going to take some time to process, some grieving at just how badly he was failed, but it's beautiful too, realizing what good friends he's made here. And it is nice some part of teen him got to experience that. ]
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[He absolutely doesn't, please don't pass that along.]
Were you okay by yourself all that time? I didn't like leaving you alone, but I didn't want to push.
[Having him over for dinner was good and all, but that's still a lot of time in a big empty house, for a lost kid.]
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[ And the discomfort of having his past disclosed. ]
My father often slept over at the lab and my mother didn't live with us. Fine may be generous, but it certainly wasn't new to me. I was good at keeping myself busy and just coming home to sleep. Made some friends. Somehow managed to convince people I was my own assistant and pick up a few sales.
[ Yeah, none of that is appropriate skill for a kid. ]
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I'm not sure what he told you, but it really wasn't that bad.
[Does Balthier even know about ~the villainous Doc Ock~? Because when you do, well, it's all very understandable.
And...yes, none of that sounds particularly acceptable to Otto. He had a fairly ordinary childhood, all things considered. So many other people here didn't, like it's a common factor in Confluence selection or something.]
Well, I'm glad you managed. Though maybe I should have pushed a little harder.
I didn't know you were planning to keep going to work.
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[ Balthier respects privacy. And it's none of his business. ]
I don't know that I'd have listened. I hadn't planned to go to work, I just got bored and the texts came and the idea of seeing another city with a magical device to zap me there was too appealing to resist.
Suppose it isn't surprising I grew up to be a pirate.
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[On a number of levels, really.]
I guess it could've all been worse. At least nothing else struck this month.
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Glad you're in mine. Thank you again.
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