She reminds him so starkly, strikingly of himself in that moment that his first response is a huff of actual, honest to god laughter. Then he immediately realises how that could be taken, and shakes his head in a rush that will probably give him a headache. "I'm sorry, I just - no, that's exactly how I would act in your shoes."
If he was being kept here, away from his chosen commitment, on the whims of a god who decided he knew best, beneath people he'd never have taken orders from? "Probably worse, honestly." It would be a self-destructive spiral of stubbornness that would never see him graduated. He doesn't want that for her, but how can he argue against the perspective he himself would take?
With a faint, crooked smile, "All right, then, we'll need a different strategy. Not recognising wardens' authority as a whole - but are there any people, either side of the line, who've earned that kind of respect?"
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Date: 2024-07-07 05:17 pm (UTC)From:If he was being kept here, away from his chosen commitment, on the whims of a god who decided he knew best, beneath people he'd never have taken orders from? "Probably worse, honestly." It would be a self-destructive spiral of stubbornness that would never see him graduated. He doesn't want that for her, but how can he argue against the perspective he himself would take?
With a faint, crooked smile, "All right, then, we'll need a different strategy. Not recognising wardens' authority as a whole - but are there any people, either side of the line, who've earned that kind of respect?"