[Maybe she didn't ham it up enough... or maybe she was trying a little too hard. Either way, she bristles at first when she's called out, before her shoulders slump a bit in defeat.
[The villagers might be trusting because they were "designed" to be that way. Jade does not extend that level of trust to strangers and people she barely knows, not in this world and not in her own.]
Leave him be. I know that's gonna be a big ask to folks here, but that kid's been through enough.
[She knows he's not the same Rynéus from her Eventuality. That boy is already dead and gone. And it feels as if the Rynéus of this place understands that -- but even in the face of danger, he still seems to want to make others happy. Not because he wants them to be, but because they want to on their own accord.
[Jade sighs, gripping the yellow bottle in hand before absentmindedly taking a drink, making a face, and then corking the sickly sweet liquor again.]
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[The villagers might be trusting because they were "designed" to be that way. Jade does not extend that level of trust to strangers and people she barely knows, not in this world and not in her own.]
Leave him be. I know that's gonna be a big ask to folks here, but that kid's been through enough.
[She knows he's not the same Rynéus from her Eventuality. That boy is already dead and gone. And it feels as if the Rynéus of this place understands that -- but even in the face of danger, he still seems to want to make others happy. Not because he wants them to be, but because they want to on their own accord.
[Jade sighs, gripping the yellow bottle in hand before absentmindedly taking a drink, making a face, and then corking the sickly sweet liquor again.]