"It's a path I stepped onto only very recently," he replies, and takes a drink of his own. "I have intended no harm to anyone since arriving, but I had not had the time or opportunity for self-reflection before I came here, and had not had the inclination after. But the day of forced truth abruptly shoved me toward a place I likely would have taken years to stumble upon on my own."
He has another drink. "It's a better path, perhaps, but it's also a markedly more difficult one."
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Date: 2023-12-06 01:41 pm (UTC)He has another drink. "It's a better path, perhaps, but it's also a markedly more difficult one."