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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[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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