The lack of touch isn't meant to be punishing, but as things turn towards an argument Reyes arm settles on the back of the couch instead of around the sky pirate. His drink is set aside as well as he sits up a bit.]
You know that's not what I'm saying.
[He would never try to change what Balthier is, never expect him to be anything else. Isn't that why they understood each other as well as they did? Both pirates in their own definition and both understood they had their lives beyond each other.]
I want this and appreciate what you're doing, but not when you attaching yourself to the Charlatan puts you in danger, Balthier.
[Again it's not like he's exactly explained any of this, but maybe wrongly assumed that the whole secret identity thing would have tipped Balthier off that it was something not to muck around with. Just because he wanted to keep the Charlatan separate from what they had didn't mean he wasn't giving everything he could to what they had together.
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Date: 2022-06-27 12:45 am (UTC)The lack of touch isn't meant to be punishing, but as things turn towards an argument Reyes arm settles on the back of the couch instead of around the sky pirate. His drink is set aside as well as he sits up a bit.]
You know that's not what I'm saying.
[He would never try to change what Balthier is, never expect him to be anything else. Isn't that why they understood each other as well as they did? Both pirates in their own definition and both understood they had their lives beyond each other.]
I want this and appreciate what you're doing, but not when you attaching yourself to the Charlatan puts you in danger, Balthier.
[Again it's not like he's exactly explained any of this, but maybe wrongly assumed that the whole secret identity thing would have tipped Balthier off that it was something not to muck around with. Just because he wanted to keep the Charlatan separate from what they had didn't mean he wasn't giving everything he could to what they had together.
Or so he thought.]