[ The answers are punctuated with a pause, but he doesn't seem uncertain or hesitate in answering. By how he responds, it would seem both are true, but he had chosen to express it oddly. ]
It was frightening. Before I knew what I was. But now I know, and I know I can use it to help. So it's not frightening anymore.
[ It makes him anxious at times, because there's of course something deeply frightening about being so open that everyone's hurt, alive or long dead, comes flooding in. It had been the worst in the Spire, though, since there, he didn't even know what to do with those feelings. He dreaded them, since every call of hurt meant he had to kill, or at least so he thought. At the time, he hadn't understood, so pushing away those feelings made him feel like he would fade away. That was frightening. ]
I listen to untie the knots, but I don't want to tangle. I... will try not to listen. You're just louder since you're here. I'm sorry.
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[ The answers are punctuated with a pause, but he doesn't seem uncertain or hesitate in answering. By how he responds, it would seem both are true, but he had chosen to express it oddly. ]
It was frightening. Before I knew what I was. But now I know, and I know I can use it to help. So it's not frightening anymore.
[ It makes him anxious at times, because there's of course something deeply frightening about being so open that everyone's hurt, alive or long dead, comes flooding in. It had been the worst in the Spire, though, since there, he didn't even know what to do with those feelings. He dreaded them, since every call of hurt meant he had to kill, or at least so he thought. At the time, he hadn't understood, so pushing away those feelings made him feel like he would fade away. That was frightening. ]
I listen to untie the knots, but I don't want to tangle. I... will try not to listen. You're just louder since you're here. I'm sorry.