[It feels very clinical to write it out. It's not a secret, it's not something that he keeps tucked away from anyone- it just doesn't come up, generally not unless someone sees the scarring. Rome can feel detached from the words themselves, he's good at that. It's going further that gives him pause, where there's an explanation behind it and he owes it after dropping that sudden piece of information.]
He cared. The way you do. I only knew him for three years. I
I was very attached. I didn't realize how much so until after he died. When I recovered from my injuries, I was court-martialed and demoted.
Nobody said those things before him. Nobody said them after him, either.
[There- it's simple, except where it's not. He can only deal in simple and so he keeps it there, at the facts in their basest form. Kyna will understand, he hopes.]
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[It feels very clinical to write it out. It's not a secret, it's not something that he keeps tucked away from anyone- it just doesn't come up, generally not unless someone sees the scarring. Rome can feel detached from the words themselves, he's good at that. It's going further that gives him pause, where there's an explanation behind it and he owes it after dropping that sudden piece of information.]
He cared. The way you do. I only knew him for three years. I
I was very attached. I didn't realize how much so until after he died. When I recovered from my injuries, I was court-martialed and demoted.
Nobody said those things before him. Nobody said them after him, either.
[There- it's simple, except where it's not. He can only deal in simple and so he keeps it there, at the facts in their basest form. Kyna will understand, he hopes.]