But Rezo's confusion is genuine. As always, he leaves Zelgadis at a loss.
Why, then? ]
You could have fooled me.
[ Knowing him better than most didn't seem to amount to much in the end.
Rezo crouches there as if trying to meet Zelgadis as an equal -- to not seem as though he lords over him. Yet that very consideration is devastatingly reminiscent of how they would interact when he was just a boy, and Zel could sink into the floor.
Even so.
As raw as Zelgadis feels, that deep hurt laid bare, Rezo too is making himself more vulnerable than he's allowed before. Anything is better than nothing.
Rezo is listening -- he's answering. ]
What else am I supposed to think? Everyone that ever cared about you came second to your obsession! I want to be human again, but I wouldn't throw my friends away to make that happen!
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But Rezo's confusion is genuine. As always, he leaves Zelgadis at a loss.
Why, then? ]
You could have fooled me.
[ Knowing him better than most didn't seem to amount to much in the end.
Rezo crouches there as if trying to meet Zelgadis as an equal -- to not seem as though he lords over him. Yet that very consideration is devastatingly reminiscent of how they would interact when he was just a boy, and Zel could sink into the floor.
Even so.
As raw as Zelgadis feels, that deep hurt laid bare, Rezo too is making himself more vulnerable than he's allowed before. Anything is better than nothing.
Rezo is listening -- he's answering. ]
What else am I supposed to think? Everyone that ever cared about you came second to your obsession! I want to be human again, but I wouldn't throw my friends away to make that happen!
[ Zelgadis balls his fists in his lap. ]
So help me understand what I got so wrong, Rezo.