[Blue eyes widen and whatever numbness he felt gets drowned like falling back into the ocean.]
[He swoops into giving her a hug reflexively, trembling slightly. He's definitely been there. And it's exactly that. Of course the things humans did to each other was worse than even what they did to other animals, but it was why he wrote the things he did. A completely insane irrational part of him feels guilty for writing about it, as if that somehow is why she had been there, but it's probably just the irrational desire to exert control. As if blaming himself would give him more power than he initially had, or ever had over it. He couldn't save them either, and that feeling, that crushing despair...]
[Is all too familiar.]
[He shivers and lets go, shivering again, looking away.] No. Not a princess. I'd say you're the good things about humanity, the strength and enduring spirit, but there are still some things that no one should have to push themselves through.
[Maybe it's just a sideways guilt. He still feels guilty about the many lives he couldn't save after all, so blaming himself something he was not a part of is "easier" to face.]
That sounds incredibly difficult, but understandable. Vampires struggle with keeping track of time even without the difficulty of time travel and overlapping their own timeline. [Did he say that out loud?]
[But he laughs in surprise at her stowing away, and her brazen negotiations with the Captain in order to get her apprenticeship.] Clever girl. Some boys in my time would do that, but girls... [Well, he mentioned the problems with that.]
Except if everything is a bad contract, then there's no good contracts to pursue. You speak of many options, but for most of the world -- time, Earth, we hadn't reached a point where anyone was doing better. We're still moving past slavery, so you have a bunch of people who just want to replace it with quasi-slavery.
I hated school so much. I was a terrible student. And a law is far from adequate. It punishes the parents and the children if they're sick. As a Doctor... [He adopted children and tried to both cure and teach and it was a travesty and he failed completely. He shakes his head!] But it's the only way to stop employers from using children. Because then they have no excuse. And a fine wouldn't work, they'd just have to make sure they made more money than the fine cost.
[He grins at her defending him so he doesn't get taken advantage of!] I will owe you. I can't say I've ever had a lady buy me anything before, but wine would be great. I'll trust you to select something.
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[He swoops into giving her a hug reflexively, trembling slightly. He's definitely been there. And it's exactly that. Of course the things humans did to each other was worse than even what they did to other animals, but it was why he wrote the things he did. A completely insane irrational part of him feels guilty for writing about it, as if that somehow is why she had been there, but it's probably just the irrational desire to exert control. As if blaming himself would give him more power than he initially had, or ever had over it. He couldn't save them either, and that feeling, that crushing despair...]
[Is all too familiar.]
[He shivers and lets go, shivering again, looking away.] No. Not a princess. I'd say you're the good things about humanity, the strength and enduring spirit, but there are still some things that no one should have to push themselves through.
[Maybe it's just a sideways guilt. He still feels guilty about the many lives he couldn't save after all, so blaming himself something he was not a part of is "easier" to face.]
That sounds incredibly difficult, but understandable. Vampires struggle with keeping track of time even without the difficulty of time travel and overlapping their own timeline. [Did he say that out loud?]
[But he laughs in surprise at her stowing away, and her brazen negotiations with the Captain in order to get her apprenticeship.] Clever girl. Some boys in my time would do that, but girls... [Well, he mentioned the problems with that.]
Except if everything is a bad contract, then there's no good contracts to pursue. You speak of many options, but for most of the world -- time, Earth, we hadn't reached a point where anyone was doing better. We're still moving past slavery, so you have a bunch of people who just want to replace it with quasi-slavery.
I hated school so much. I was a terrible student. And a law is far from adequate. It punishes the parents and the children if they're sick. As a Doctor... [He adopted children and tried to both cure and teach and it was a travesty and he failed completely. He shakes his head!] But it's the only way to stop employers from using children. Because then they have no excuse. And a fine wouldn't work, they'd just have to make sure they made more money than the fine cost.
[He grins at her defending him so he doesn't get taken advantage of!] I will owe you. I can't say I've ever had a lady buy me anything before, but wine would be great. I'll trust you to select something.