Do you think I've never faced censure and disapproval for my methods before? And if anyone has cause to be upset over it, it's you after what she did to you.
I won't change because you disapprove. But I also don't hold it against you.
[Luckily he gets a racial bonus to Listen checks. Tiernan gives a quiet sigh.]
Ah. I understand. Unfamiliar behavior in your ability so soon after... Of course you're unsettled. Anyone would be.
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Date: 2019-03-20 07:25 am (UTC)[Tiernan moves to follow him, though he doesn't try to make physical contact again. He isn't going to force it.
That's not his style anyway.
His tone is gentle and faintly worried.]
Please. I don't know exactly what's wrong or what you saw, but I don't like that you're in such distress.
...and I'd rather you weren't alone with it, even if that means finding someone else.
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Date: 2019-03-23 06:05 pm (UTC)Why— all this? Especially right after what I just said and how I acted...
[His hand comes up and settles against his face, trembling... And then he speaks quietly, almost too quietly to be heard.]
I didn't even know it was something I could do...
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Date: 2019-04-02 06:38 am (UTC)I won't change because you disapprove. But I also don't hold it against you.
[Luckily he gets a racial bonus to Listen checks. Tiernan gives a quiet sigh.]
Ah. I understand. Unfamiliar behavior in your ability so soon after... Of course you're unsettled. Anyone would be.
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Date: 2019-04-02 10:03 pm (UTC)Honestly... I can't say I don't see your point.
[The second part has him pausing, however, and after a moment, he shakes his head.]
No, it... happened before that. It's why she punished me.
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Date: 2019-04-04 05:55 am (UTC)So something that could potentially have begun when you arrived here.