[His mouth comes out with that before his brain can overthink it, reacting to the tone maybe even more than the words themselves, like a dog being spoken to by its owner. The question isn't really why she's glad he's alive. There are plenty of potential reasons, not all of which are remotely selfless; if nothing else, he had once agreed to give Chaldea information about the Crypters, and they'd only been stopped by a forcible interruption. That's reason enough.
So the question is really, why say it, and why say it that way? Manipulation? She's not the type. Kadoc at least does know that much about her. But anything else . . . he can't take that for granted, or even begin to understand it. So his arms tighten around himself, and he watches her with suspicion rather than gratitude.]
You know, you don't have to be all earnest and crap about it if you just wanna capitalize on the truce I've got going on with Chaldea here. I'll play along with you. No need to try and win me over.
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[His mouth comes out with that before his brain can overthink it, reacting to the tone maybe even more than the words themselves, like a dog being spoken to by its owner. The question isn't really why she's glad he's alive. There are plenty of potential reasons, not all of which are remotely selfless; if nothing else, he had once agreed to give Chaldea information about the Crypters, and they'd only been stopped by a forcible interruption. That's reason enough.
So the question is really, why say it, and why say it that way? Manipulation? She's not the type. Kadoc at least does know that much about her. But anything else . . . he can't take that for granted, or even begin to understand it. So his arms tighten around himself, and he watches her with suspicion rather than gratitude.]
You know, you don't have to be all earnest and crap about it if you just wanna capitalize on the truce I've got going on with Chaldea here. I'll play along with you. No need to try and win me over.