He's quiet for a moment as he considers how to approach... all of this.
"...I've been thinking on it for a time. This place... he's never much liked it. And Elias coming here had been the last straw. For him, he's- he's stayed here for me." He glances over at Jacobi. "But for me, this place is..."
He leans a little more against Jacobi, pointedly.
"My life is here. People from all manner of worlds and places..." a soft huff, "that's where- that's where the only 'family' I have is, the only true friends. Even- Even Tim and I only really came to be... came to be proper friends without a wall between us here. I want to save my world but..."
He shakes his head.
"I don't want to live in it. I don't think a 'normal' life is ever in the cards for me. And I don't- I don't want it to be."
He swallows again and comes back around to the question.
"Mike was..." a low chuckle, "well, frankly, he's a bastard. But- but a rather delightful bastard. It wasn't-" he turns a hand, "I wasn't looking for anything like- it was only a few days in, after all. Hopeless or not, it's just never been much of a priority for me. But he was actually rather aggressive to start. He didn't understand why he... why he felt more real around me."
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Date: 2022-08-26 12:57 am (UTC)"...I've been thinking on it for a time. This place... he's never much liked it. And Elias coming here had been the last straw. For him, he's- he's stayed here for me." He glances over at Jacobi. "But for me, this place is..."
He leans a little more against Jacobi, pointedly.
"My life is here. People from all manner of worlds and places..." a soft huff, "that's where- that's where the only 'family' I have is, the only true friends. Even- Even Tim and I only really came to be... came to be proper friends without a wall between us here. I want to save my world but..."
He shakes his head.
"I don't want to live in it. I don't think a 'normal' life is ever in the cards for me. And I don't- I don't want it to be."
He swallows again and comes back around to the question.
"Mike was..." a low chuckle, "well, frankly, he's a bastard. But- but a rather delightful bastard. It wasn't-" he turns a hand, "I wasn't looking for anything like- it was only a few days in, after all. Hopeless or not, it's just never been much of a priority for me. But he was actually rather aggressive to start. He didn't understand why he... why he felt more real around me."