[ "I care about what happens to you, because I care about you." If he said it, would Zelgadis understand? Would he even believe Rezo? How could he?
Rezo could simply lie. He could come up with an excuse, and say something about how their job will go better if Zelgadis doesn't get himself killed trying to heal everybody. But he's not sure if Zelgadis would believe that either.
What, then, is he supposed to say? ]
Zelgadis...
[ An attempt to answer dies in his throat. Rezo swallows.
As Zelgadis said, he's never apologized. Not directly, and specifically to Zelgadis. At first, he'd fully believed himself to be in the right. And then after the Dark Lord was reborn- well, of course he hadn't been in a state to communicate much. Even by the time they'd re-met near Taforashia, he'd still clung to the hope that maybe Zelgadis would no longer bear a grudge, that he'd agree that Rezo had given him what he wanted.
Well. It was a foolish thought. Zelgadis hated him and had no hesitation in saying so. And Rezo had never directly said he was sorry, because of all the same excuses as before- because they were too busy to talk, because what reason would Zelgadis have to believe him? What could he possibly get from Rezo's feeble apologies? Surely any sorries Rezo could offer would be summarily rejected.
But perhaps that's what Zelgadis wants. An opportunity to decisively reject Rezo. ]
Please. Can we talk about this later? When all of this is over? I promise you, I will answer any questions you may have.
[ But he needs time to prepare himself, to try and get his own emotions into some semblance of order before he presents them for Zelgadis. ]
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[ "I care about what happens to you, because I care about you." If he said it, would Zelgadis understand? Would he even believe Rezo? How could he?
Rezo could simply lie. He could come up with an excuse, and say something about how their job will go better if Zelgadis doesn't get himself killed trying to heal everybody. But he's not sure if Zelgadis would believe that either.
What, then, is he supposed to say? ]
Zelgadis...
[ An attempt to answer dies in his throat. Rezo swallows.
As Zelgadis said, he's never apologized. Not directly, and specifically to Zelgadis. At first, he'd fully believed himself to be in the right. And then after the Dark Lord was reborn- well, of course he hadn't been in a state to communicate much. Even by the time they'd re-met near Taforashia, he'd still clung to the hope that maybe Zelgadis would no longer bear a grudge, that he'd agree that Rezo had given him what he wanted.
Well. It was a foolish thought. Zelgadis hated him and had no hesitation in saying so. And Rezo had never directly said he was sorry, because of all the same excuses as before- because they were too busy to talk, because what reason would Zelgadis have to believe him? What could he possibly get from Rezo's feeble apologies? Surely any sorries Rezo could offer would be summarily rejected.
But perhaps that's what Zelgadis wants. An opportunity to decisively reject Rezo. ]
Please. Can we talk about this later? When all of this is over? I promise you, I will answer any questions you may have.
[ But he needs time to prepare himself, to try and get his own emotions into some semblance of order before he presents them for Zelgadis. ]