For a moment there, it seemed like maybe Kai had been the one to lose out after all with the quiet that followed that.

He wasn't sure what it was about people here that made them say half the stuff they said. That a respite could be more than that. That he should have pride in the kind of person he was. That the way he did things were somehow noble in any way. He couldn't really blame them for not knowing what kind of person he was, but he really didn't understand what they were seeing.

That was weird too.

Quietly, Kai spoke up again with a little chuckle. "There's nothin' noble about being an idiot."