[It's not just the Sound Eaters--it's that breathless panic of walking to the convenience store and spotting a loose flap of skin, praying the animal eyes beneath the disguise don't see him back. It's knowing there are people like the man in black out there who look human, but are worse than any monster. It's seeing neglect and malevolence snap the Beams of the Tower again and again.
There are threats everywhere. If he approached everyone and everything with that fear riding shotgun, he'd never get out of bed again.
Granted, some mornings are more tempting than others. He's still only eleven, no matter how desperate he is to deserve what Roland had bestowed on him. Gunslinger.]
I think he knows that better than anyone.
I get it. You grew up seeing the worst sides of people. It's easy to stop trying after a while But you're not in that place anymore. You can trust your friends and still want to think giving someone a chance won't go badly every time. You met Clara, didn't you? And I met Roland. Majima looks like he walked out of a gangster movie, but he seems all right. We have an actual Supergirl who flies around. There's a woman building a safe house just for the kids. We've met some cool people, haven't we?
[Good or not, but he knows he'd like to help Eddie figure out a way to trust people again, too.]
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There are threats everywhere. If he approached everyone and everything with that fear riding shotgun, he'd never get out of bed again.
Granted, some mornings are more tempting than others. He's still only eleven, no matter how desperate he is to deserve what Roland had bestowed on him. Gunslinger.]
I think he knows that better than anyone.
I get it. You grew up seeing the worst sides of people. It's easy to stop trying after a while But you're not in that place anymore. You can trust your friends and still want to think giving someone a chance won't go badly every time. You met Clara, didn't you? And I met Roland. Majima looks like he walked out of a gangster movie, but he seems all right. We have an actual Supergirl who flies around. There's a woman building a safe house just for the kids. We've met some cool people, haven't we?
[Good or not, but he knows he'd like to help Eddie figure out a way to trust people again, too.]
You don't have to apologize to me.
I'll see you later, then?