"In another life, that hand was Sigewinne's," Neuvillette replies. "Even if I had the inclination to forget, she would never have allowed it."
He eyes the boy in the oversized clothes in front of him seriously, before adding, "And in that life, you are a typical citizen of Fontaine, and would not have survived whatever encounter with the Primordial waters left you so. So perhaps that other hand would never have been offered in the first place."
If nothing else - he is well aware that the Archon of frozen heart does not pick up strays who are not useful to her.
Shoulders relaxing slightly, he sighs. "And I do not think that whatever words I might say would be truly balm to your heart, since they are not from the 'me' who wronged you. Though I doubt that he feels much differently, I cannot swear to it, after all." The heart will go on feeling whatever it feels, and the mind will follow after it. Such deep-held resentment will not disappear so easily.
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He eyes the boy in the oversized clothes in front of him seriously, before adding, "And in that life, you are a typical citizen of Fontaine, and would not have survived whatever encounter with the Primordial waters left you so. So perhaps that other hand would never have been offered in the first place."
If nothing else - he is well aware that the Archon of frozen heart does not pick up strays who are not useful to her.
Shoulders relaxing slightly, he sighs. "And I do not think that whatever words I might say would be truly balm to your heart, since they are not from the 'me' who wronged you. Though I doubt that he feels much differently, I cannot swear to it, after all." The heart will go on feeling whatever it feels, and the mind will follow after it. Such deep-held resentment will not disappear so easily.