[She would have been satisfied if he'd simply left it at 'it's complicated.' She understands that, given the amount of complication that surrounds her. That he says anything more is surprising, but not at all unwelcome. She waits and listens patiently, content enough to let him toy with her hair as he will. She can feel when he's done. She can tell when he's just using idle time. Instead of interrupting him, she lets him work through his thoughts.]
I'm sorry to hear it. Getting along or not, that's never something easy to go through.
[Especially considering when it's very likely that things probably didn't end the way Balthier wanted them to. She has a hard time believing he'd want for them to be at odds. Somewhere there is feasibly a lack of closure. Not so different from her own with her parents.
It occurs to her that he, not unlike her, has lost both parents. Yet she has Elmyra. Balthier has suffered a great deal. More than most anyone should have to. He's likely never had a proper support network. She wonders and questions if she can provide just such a thing to him.]
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I'm sorry to hear it. Getting along or not, that's never something easy to go through.
[Especially considering when it's very likely that things probably didn't end the way Balthier wanted them to. She has a hard time believing he'd want for them to be at odds. Somewhere there is feasibly a lack of closure. Not so different from her own with her parents.
It occurs to her that he, not unlike her, has lost both parents. Yet she has Elmyra. Balthier has suffered a great deal. More than most anyone should have to. He's likely never had a proper support network. She wonders and questions if she can provide just such a thing to him.]