It takes him a moment to realize what Teo's saying. That's right, he did tell him about that, back then...
He glances over when their arms brush, his step a little halting at the unexpected touch, but he doesn't stop. He understands what he's trying to say, though it doesn't really make him feel any better...
"If you put it that way, it makes it sound like it was all inevitable... and maybe it was. Maybe there was no avoiding being betrayed by the humans..." There's that old gloomy bitterness. "But who I am now isn't who I was back then... yet he's barely changed at all, even though he's a Southern wizard now..."
He sighs. He doesn't know if he'll ever be able to convinced Leno that he doesn't have to carry the weight of what happened to him, or the way he disappeared. It's never been an easy or possible feat, to change his mind once it's made up...
"I did refuse, when he came to my cell... but after the fire was lit, he came for me anyway... he's the reason I survived."
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He glances over when their arms brush, his step a little halting at the unexpected touch, but he doesn't stop. He understands what he's trying to say, though it doesn't really make him feel any better...
"If you put it that way, it makes it sound like it was all inevitable... and maybe it was. Maybe there was no avoiding being betrayed by the humans..." There's that old gloomy bitterness. "But who I am now isn't who I was back then... yet he's barely changed at all, even though he's a Southern wizard now..."
He sighs. He doesn't know if he'll ever be able to convinced Leno that he doesn't have to carry the weight of what happened to him, or the way he disappeared. It's never been an easy or possible feat, to change his mind once it's made up...
"I did refuse, when he came to my cell... but after the fire was lit, he came for me anyway... he's the reason I survived."