[ the way i'm doing backtags shaking as half of you come back from your own cyoa
even if maybe luke is just shifting from one role to another, the reassurance feels genuine. he blinks out of the grim stare he's been holding at nothing in particular, warming up into a smile. he'll bounce back. ]
Thank you, Luke.
[ it's not really in his nature to make people worry, so he rallies some positivity, sighing out. ]
...You're a good friend, you know? You'd barely known me and Margaret any amount of time before we got here, and you're still so ready to protect us.
It's my job to protect people, and to help get justice for those who've suffered. [So he was willing to do whatever it took for everyone from day 1] I'm glad we're friends now, though, even if I wish you guys didn't have to end up down here for it.
[At the end of the day, what he wants has always been very simple: minimal loss of life, and a safe return home for those on the ship. All the rest was secondary--it was only after people with strong futures started to joint hem that he added resurrection to his goals, and even then, it took a while to warm up to the idea.]
Besides, I think I'm a pretty good judge of character. I could tell you were good people, and I was right. [He would've wanted to save them anyway, but it's different now, in a good way.]
That's a talent of mine as well! A necessary one. [ for a prince, who is supposed to be good at delegating. ] I can spot good character right away—and you've always struck me as a good man, Luke.
[ he did help him pretty much right away, despite thinking he was a guy in a fish costume for a minute there. luke has his secrets, his facets that he'd rather play off, but even if he can only guess at luke's whole character—to sidon, he's still clearly a good person who means what he's saying now. ]
Whatever this place insists on doing—I'm grateful to know that you'll... protect us. [ which is weird for him to say, as someone who prefers to do the protecting as well, but still. ]
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even if maybe luke is just shifting from one role to another, the reassurance feels genuine. he blinks out of the grim stare he's been holding at nothing in particular, warming up into a smile. he'll bounce back. ]
Thank you, Luke.
[ it's not really in his nature to make people worry, so he rallies some positivity, sighing out. ]
...You're a good friend, you know? You'd barely known me and Margaret any amount of time before we got here, and you're still so ready to protect us.
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He smiles, then, shaking his head slightly.]
It's my job to protect people, and to help get justice for those who've suffered. [So he was willing to do whatever it took for everyone from day 1] I'm glad we're friends now, though, even if I wish you guys didn't have to end up down here for it.
[At the end of the day, what he wants has always been very simple: minimal loss of life, and a safe return home for those on the ship. All the rest was secondary--it was only after people with strong futures started to joint hem that he added resurrection to his goals, and even then, it took a while to warm up to the idea.]
Besides, I think I'm a pretty good judge of character. I could tell you were good people, and I was right. [He would've wanted to save them anyway, but it's different now, in a good way.]
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That's a talent of mine as well! A necessary one. [ for a prince, who is supposed to be good at delegating. ] I can spot good character right away—and you've always struck me as a good man, Luke.
[ he did help him pretty much right away, despite thinking he was a guy in a fish costume for a minute there. luke has his secrets, his facets that he'd rather play off, but even if he can only guess at luke's whole character—to sidon, he's still clearly a good person who means what he's saying now. ]
Whatever this place insists on doing—I'm grateful to know that you'll... protect us. [ which is weird for him to say, as someone who prefers to do the protecting as well, but still. ]